Grishin, Zhang & Cong & Shen & Grishin, 2022

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian, Shen, Jinhui & Grishin, Nick V., 2022, Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera), Insecta Mundi 2022 (921), pp. 1-135 : 20-21

Praxa Grishin , new subgenus

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Type species. Nascus prax Evans, 1952 .

Definition. The subgenus is in the clade that is sister to the clade formed by subgenera Nascus and Pseudonascus , but only with moderately strong statistical support ( Fig. 1 ). Keys to D. 5.6 in Evans (1952). Distinguished from other species in the genus Nascus by the following combination of characters: the closest to costa apical white spot on forewing in line with others (not offset basad); cheeks and palpi below yellowish, not white; tegumen with side processes, harpe without a tooth by ventral side, rounded. In DNA, a combination of the following base pairs is diagnostic: aly 1259.4.2:C165T, aly1097.19.1:A220T, aly536.142.1:T339C, aly999.3.4:C78T, and aly86.4.1:C51T.

Etymology. The name is a feminine noun in the nominative singular formed from the type species name.

Species included. Only the type species.

Parent taxon. Genus Nascus Watson, 1893 .

Figures

Figure 1. Genomic tree of Eudaminae. The tree is constructed from protein-coding regions. The tree is rooted with Pterourus glaucus (Linnaeus, 1758) (NVG-1670), not shown. Statistical support values are shown on nodes. For each specimen, its name adopted in this work is given first, and a previously used name is listed in square brackets (if different), supplemented with the DNA sample number, type status (see Table 2 caption for abbreviations) and general locality. See Table S1 in the Supplemental file for additional data about these specimens. Synonyms are given in parentheses preceded by “=”, and in addition by “‡” for unavailable names. The type status refers to this synonym, if the synonym name is provided. Clades corresponding to new genera, subgenera and species are colored in red, orange and green, respectively, and the names of new taxa are highlighted accordingly. Names of selected tribes, subtribes, genera, and subgenera are labeled at their clades. Clades corresponding to some genera are highlighted in yellow to compare their genetic diversifications (length of the highlight in horizontal dimension) with each other. Groups of similar genetic diversification would ideally correspond to genera. The