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 : 82

Rotundia Grishin , new subgenus

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Type species. Enosis schausi Mielke and Casagrande, 2002 .

Definition. Forms a more distant clade within Mit Grishin , new genus, and therefore is a subgenus ( Fig. 15 ). Keys to K. 4.11 in Evans (1955). Distinguished from its relatives by the following combination of characters: wings rounder, stigma prominent and long, reaching vein 1A+2A, uncus undivided, thin, beak-like, longer than tegumen, gnathos half of uncus in length, ampulla widely expanded dorsad (=thumb of a mitten) above smaller harpe. In DNA, a combination of the following base pairs is diagnostic: aly666.25.1:C2309A, aly3824.12.5:A3932G, aly3824.12.5:G2968A, aly577.34.1:G1716A, and aly 1656.5.1:G106A.

Etymology. The name is a feminine noun in the nominative singular, given for the broad and relatively round wings of the type species.

Species included. Only the type species.

Parent taxon. Genus Mit Grishin , new genus.

Comment. From morphology, it seems apparent that Mit (Rotundia) schausi is more distant from either Mit (Mit) badius (Bell, 1930) (the type species of Mit) or Mit (Mit) gemignanii ( Hayward, 1940) , which are closer to each other, consistently with our genomic tree ( Fig. 15 ). However, in COI barcodes, M. schausi is really close to M. badius : only 5.9% (39 bp) difference, less than that between M. badius and Mit (Mit) gemignanii ( Hayward, 1940) : 6.7% (44 bp), indicating that genomic data, not COI barcodes, are most valuable for proper classification that is consistent with phenotypic considerations.

Figures

Figure 15. Genomic tree of Moncina, part 3. See Fig. 1 legend for notations.