Mielkeus Grishin, 2019

Cong, Qian, Zhang, Jing, Shen, Jinhui & Grishin, Nick V., 2019, Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera), Insecta Mundi 731 (731), pp. 1-56 : 26

Mielkeus Grishin , new genus

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Type species. Cobalus tertianus Herrich-Schäffer, 1869 .

Definition. A genus in the same clade with Neoxeniades Hayward, 1938 (type species Neoxeniades musarion Hayward, 1938 ) and Coolus gen. n., and in a different subtribe ( Carystina ) from Vettius Godman, [1901] (type species Papilio phyllus Cramer, [1777] ), which is in Moncina ( Fig. 10 ). Keys to J.45.21 and J.45.15b. Distinguished from other Hesperiidae by the following combination of characters: uncus almost undivided, arms medium to short; gnathos small, narrow, about the same as uncus in lateral view; valva plate-like without processes, harpe about half of the valva, with a small notch on dorsal margin; no brands on forewing; mid tibiae smooth; milky-white areas on hindwing below, especially near the base, gradually turning brown towards outer margin; veins not darker. In DNA, a combination of the following base pairs is diagnostic: aly294.13.2:A968C, aly1249.14.7:A1222T, aly822.47.3:A218G, aly 1838.8.2:A172C, aly127.74.5: T874 C.

Etymology. The name is a masculine noun in the nominative singular, named both for the milky pattern on the hindwing below and to honor skipper taxonomist Olaf H. H. Mielke.

Species included. The type species, Carystus klugi Bell, 1941 , Hesperia lucretius Latreille, [1824] , and Hesperia diana Plötz, 1886 .

Parent taxon. Subtribe Carystina Mabille 1878 .

Figures

Figure 10. Genomic trees of Erionotini, Carystina and relatives. See Fig. 2 legend for notations.