Telegonus subflavus, R. Williams, 1927

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 : 22

Telegonus subflavus Grishin, new species

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As shown above, Telegonus galesus form subflavus Williams, 1927 (type locality Ecuador: Riobamba) is an infrasubspecific name with the “ holotype ” that is a species distinct from Telegonus galesus Mabille, 1888 (type locality Peru: Chanchamayo). This species does not have a valid name, and therefore is new. Here, we apply the same epithet subflavus (a masculine adjective) to this species, which according to ICZN Article 45.5.1. would establish it as new, provided that the description of this species, including its holotype designation and illustration are given in Williams (1927b: 281, pl. 24, fig. 4), all are adopted here. It is distinguished from T. galesus by more extensive yellow overscaling on wings below, especially in the discal area of ventral hindwing. The holotype (NVG-15096B05) ( Fig. 2h,i ), male, in the collection of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA, USA (CMNH) is already conveniently labeled as “ Telegonus subflavus ”, the exact name that is applied to it now. It bears the following six labels: || Riobamba | Ecuador || Type | Telegonus | subflavus | R.C. Williams,Jr. | 7128 || CMNH HOLOTYPE #762 | Telegonus | subflavus | Williams || Insect collection | CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF | NATURAL HISTORY | Pittsburg, Pa. (CMNH) || Allyn Museum photo | No. 820630-3/4 || DNA sample ID: | NVG-15096B05 | c/o Nick V. Grishin ||. The COI barcode sequence of the holotype is:

AACTTTATATTTTATTTTTGGAATTTGAGCAGGATTAGTTGGAACTTCTTTAAGATTACTTATTCGAACTGAATTAG G A AC C C C C G G ATC T T TA AT TG G TG ATG ATC A A AT T TATA ATAC TAT TG TA AC AG C C C ATG C AT T TAT TATA ATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGAGGATTCGGAAATTGATTAGTACCCCTAATAATAGGAGCTCCA G A TA TA G C T T T C C C T C G TA TA A A TA A TA TA A G A T T T T G A C T T T TA C C C C C A T C A T TA A C T T TA T TA ATTTCAAGAAGAATTGTAGAAAATGGTGCTGGAACAGGATGAACAGTTTATCCCCCTCTTTCATCTAATATTGCCCAT CAAGGAACATCCGTTGACTTAGCAATTTTTTCATTACATCTTGCTGGTATTTCATCTATTCTTGGAGCTATTAATTT TATTACAACAATTATTAATATACGAATTAATAATTTATCTTTTGATCAAATACCTTTATTTATTTGAGCTGTAGGAAT TACAGCATTACTATTATTACTTTCTTTACCAGTTTTAGCTGGAGCTATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGAAATTTA AATACTTCATTTTTTGATCCAGCAGGAGGAGGAGATCCAATTTTATATCAACATCTATTT

It differs from T. galesus by the following combination of characters (among a number of others): 19T, 38G, 85C, 100T, 112T, 133C, 187C, 197T, 205C, 206C, 220T, 223A, 138T, 334A, 374A, 379C, 397T. The type locality is Ecuador: Riobamba. The species is also know from Colombia and Peru with 3 paratypes, NVG-18056D07 ♂, NVG-18056D09 ♀, both from Colombia: Pacho, in ZfBS, and NVG-18028H03 ♂ from Peru: Cusco, in the USNM ( Fig. 1 ). Type identification labels will be mailed to curators of these collections to be placed on the specimens of the type series. Apparently, the range of this new species overlaps with T. galesus and they may be sympatric in Peru.

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

Figure 2. Holotypes of the Eudaminae species described in this work: a) Ornilius rotundus Grishin, gen. n., sp. n. dorsal; b) ibid. ventral; c) Dyscophellus australis Grishin, sp. n. dorsal; d) Salantoia metallica Grishin, sp. n. dorsal; e) ibid. ventral; f) ibid. left antennal club in ventro-anterior view, nudum facing up, 1 mm scale above; g) ibid. sterigma and ovipositor in ventral view, 1 mm scale below; h) Telegonus subflavus Grishin, sp. n. dorsal; i) ibid. ventral; j) Dyscophellus basialbus Grishin, sp. n. dorsal; k) ibid. ventral. Specimen images are to scale (shown under image a) and data are in the text. Photograph c (by N.V.G.) is © of the Trustees of the Natural History Museum London and is made available under Creative Commons License 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/4.0/).