Psoralis (Saniba), O. Mielke and Casagrande, 2003

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 : 52

Saniba O. Mielke and Casagrande, 2003 is a subgenus of Psoralis Mabille, 1904

Despite close genetic relationship with Psoralis Mabille, 1904 (type species Psoralis sabaeus Mabille, 1904 , which is a junior subjective synonym of Pamphila idee Weeks, 1901 ), Saniba O. Mielke and Casagrande, 2003 (type species Hesperia sabina Plötz, 1882 ) exhibits a number of phenotypic differences and COI barcode difference between their type species is 9.1% (60 bp). Therefore, we propose to treat Saniba O. Mielke and Casagrande, 2003 as a subgenus of Psoralis Mabille, 1904 , new status. In addition to the type species, we place the following species in Saniba : Vidius laska Evans, 1955 (type locality Brazil: Mato Grosso), Vettius arva Evans, 1955 (type locality Brazil: Rio de Janeiro), Hesperia (Pamphila) umbrata Erschoff, 1876 (type locality not given, likely South Brazil), Padraona calcarea Schaus, 1902 (type locality Brazil: Rio de Janeiro), and Anthoptus visendus E. Bell, 1942 (type locality Ecuador) ( Fig. 13 ).

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Figure 13. Genomic tree of Moncina, part 1, and relatives. See Fig. 1 legend for notations.