Sucova Evans, 1955

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 : 86

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Sucova Evans, 1955 View in CoL is a junior subjective synonym of Mnasitheus Godman, 1900

A monotypic genus Sucova Evans, 1955 (type and the only species Hesperia sucova Schaus, 1902 ) is sister to Mnasitheus submetallescens Hayward, 1940 making Mnasitheus polyphyletic. To restore monophyly, we can either transfer submetallescens to Sucova , or place Sucova in Mnasitheus . We prefer the latter solution, because Carneiro et al. (2015) correctly deduced phylogenetic affinity of then- Moeris submetallescens on the basis of morphological characters. Therefore, the placement of submetallescens in Mnasitheus is supported by the genus concept used in morphology-based studies and could be taken as a reference. Noting genetic similarity of these taxa ( Fig. 15 View Figure 15 ), we conclude that Sucova Evans, 1955 is a junior subjective synonym of Mnasitheus Godman, 1900 .

References

Carneiro E, Mielke OHH, Casagrande MM. 2015. Two new species and taxonomic notes on species of Moeris Godman, 1900 (Hesperiidae, Hesperiinae, Moncini). The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 48: 29 - 37.

Evans WH. 1955. A catalogue of the American Hesperiidae indicating the classification and nomenclature adopted in the British Museum (Natural History). Part IV. Hesperiinae and Megathyminae. British Museum (Natural History); London. v + 499 p., pl. 54 - 88.

Hayward KJ. 1940. New species of Neotropical Hesperiidae from Ecuador (Lep.). Revista de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro) 11 (3): 861 - 877.

Schaus W. 1902. Descriptions of new American butterflies. Proceedings of the United States national Museum 24 (1262): 383 - 460.