Cymaenes macintyrei Hayward, 1939, reinstated status

Placed by Evans (1955) as a subspecies of Cymaenes tripunctata (Latreille, [1824]) (type locality in Brazil), Lerodea macintyrei Hayward, 1939 (type locality Ecuador: Balzapamba) (Fig. 7 lilac) was kept at this status, until using genomic sequencing we found that it is sister to Cymaenes chapa O. Mielke, 1968 (type locality in Brazil: Distrito Federal) and is more distant from C. tripunctata (Fig. 7). Moreover, the COI barcodes of L. macintyrei and C. tripunctata differ by 6.1% (40 bp). Therefore, we reinstate a species-level status for Cymaenes macintyrei Hayward, 1939, stat. rest.