Genomic DNA Sequencing Reveals Two New North American Species of (Hesperiidae: Pyrginae: Carcharodini)

Overview

Journal Taxon Rep Int Lepid Surv

Date 2022 May 10

PMID 35535318

Authors

Jing Zhang

Qian Cong

Jinhui Shen

Leina Song

Nick V Grishin

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Abstract

Two new skipper butterfly (Hesperiidae) species are described from the United States: Grishin, (type locality in Florida, Volusia Co.) and Grishin, (type locality in Texas, Brewster Co.). They are cryptic and hence escaped recognition. They differ from their sister species by the relative size and morphology of genitalia and by genotype-including and beyond the COI barcode-thus suggesting genetic isolation that argues for their species-level status. A is designated for Staudinger, 1876. (Godman & Salvin, 1896), is a species-level taxon and not a synonym of (Plötz, 1886), while Williams & Bell, 1940, is a junior subjective synonym of .

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