Falga mirabilis odol Evans, 1955

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian & Grishin, Nick V., 2023, Supplementary Materials and Appendix, Insecta Mundi 2023 (26), pp. 1-115 : 78

Falga mirabilis Evans, 1955 (with Falga jeconia odol Evans, 1955 as its subspecies), Falga jacta Evans, 1955 , and Falga ombra Evans, 1955 are species distinct from Falga jeconia (A. Butler, 1870)

Genomic sequencing taxa currently treated as subspecies of Falga jeconia (A. Butler, 1870) (type locality in Venezuela), namely: Falga mirabilis Mabille, 1898 (type locality in Bolivia), Falga jeconia jacta Evans, 1955 (type locality in Colombia), and Falga jeconia ombra Evans, 1955 (type locality in Ecuador) show substantial genetic differentiation from it and each other ( Fig. 7): e.g., the smallest barcode difference among them is 2.1% (14 bp), between F. jeconia and F. j. jacta , with the next being 2.6% (17 bp) between F. mirabilis and F. j. ombra . Therefore, we propose a new status of species for Falga mirabilis Evans, 1955 , Falga jacta Evans, 1955 , and Falga ombra Evans, 1955 . The phylogenetic tree reveals that Falga jeconia odol Evans, 1955 (type locality in southern Peru) is closely related to Falga mirabilis ( Fig. 7). Therefore, we propose to treat the former as a subspecies of the latter: Falga mirabilis odol Evans, 1955 , new combination.