Pellicia (Hemipteris) toza Evans, 1953 is a species distinct from Pellicia (Hemipteris) tyana Plötz, 1882

Genomic analysis reveals that a specimen from Panama identified by Bell through genitalia inspection (slide G1366) as Pellicia tyana toza Evans, 1953 (type locality in Colombia, Magdalena Valley), sequenced as NVG-18019H06, and two other Panamanian specimens (not shown) are not monophyletic with Pellicia (Hemipteris) tyana Plötz, 1882 (type locality in Brazil, likely São Paulo, lectotype sequenced as NVG-15032D11), which Evans (1953) misidentified, and instead are closely related to Pellicia (Hemipteris) arina Evans, 1953 (type locality in Mexico: Veracruz, Atoyac) being genetically differentiated from it at the species level (Fig. 90). Therefore, we propose that Pellicia (Hemipteris) toza Evans, 1953, stat. nov. is a species distinct from Pellicia (Hemipteris) tyana Plötz, 1882 .