Bibla Mabille, 1904

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 : 35

Bibla Mabille, 1904 is a valid genus

Treated as a synonym of Taractrocera Butler, 1870 (type species Hesperia maevius Fabricius, 1793 ) by Evans (1949), Bibla Mabille, 1904 (type species Hesperia papyria Boisduval, 1832 ) is not monophyletic with it, and instead is sister to a clade consisting of Suniana Evans, 1934 (type species Pamphila lascivia Rosenstock, 1885 ), Potanthus Scudder, 1872 (type species Hesperia omaha Edwards, 1863 ), and Ocybadistes Heron, 1894 (type species Ocybadistes walkeri Heron, 1894 ) ( Fig. 8 ). To restore the monophyly of Taractrocera we suggest that Bibla is a valid genus. An alternative solution could be to treat Ocybadistes , Bibla , and Suniana as subgenera of Potanthus .

Prosopalpus Holland, 1896 , Lepella Evans, 1937 , and Creteus de Nicéville, 1895 belongs to Aeromachini Tutt, 1906

Genomic tree reveals that Prosopalpus Holland, 1896 (type species Cobalus duplex Mabille, 1889 , a junior subjective synonym of Apaustus debilis Plötz, 1879 ), Lepella Evans, 1937 (type and the only species Hesperia lepeletier Latreille, 1824 ) and Creteus de Nicéville, 1895 (type and the only species Hesperia cyrina Hewitson, 1876 ) fall in the prominent clade with Aeromachus de Nicéville, 1890 (type species Thanaos stigmata Moore, 1878 ) ( Fig. 8 ) and therefore belong to the tribe Aeromachini Tutt, 1906 , where we place them. Unusual phenotypes of these three genera hindered their proper attribution within Hesperiidae .

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Figure 8. Genomic tree of Heteropterinae Aurivillius, 1925, some Old World Hesperiinae and relatives. See Fig. 1 legend for notations.