Telegonus misitra ( Plötz, 1881 )

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Telegonus misitra ( Plötz, 1881) is a species distinct from Telegonus azul (Reakirt, [1867])

Genomic sequencing of the lectotype of Eudamus misitra Plötz, 1881 (type locality in Mexico) and placing it in the phylogenetic context of its relatives reveal that its clade ( Fig. 10 blue) is not monophyletic with Telegonus azul (Reakirt, [1867]) (type locality in Mexico: Veracruz) ( Fig. 10 green) and instead is far removed from it. The COI barcodes of the two lectotypes differ by 2.1% (14 bp). Therefore, we reinstate Telegonus misitra ( Plötz, 1881) as a species distinct from T. azul . Furthermore, phylogenetic trees ( Fig. 10 ) suggest that the species dubbed SENNOV in Hebert et al. (2004) is T. misitra .

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Figure 10. Trees of Telegonus fulgerator complex constructed from protein-coding regions in a) Z chromosome and b) mitochondrial genome: T. tsongae sp. n. (red), T.misitra (blue), T. catemacoensis (cyan), T. azul (green), T. fulgerator (purple), and T. fulminator (orange) among their relatives (black). Primary type specimens are labeled in magenta and paralectotype of T.misitra in olive. See Fig. 1 legend for other notations.