Brimia Grishin, Zhang & Shen & Cong & Grishin, 2019

Zhang, Jing, Shen, Jinhui, Cong, Qian & Grishin, Nick V., 2019, Genomic analysis of the tribe Emesidini (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae), Zootaxa 4668 (4), pp. 475-488 : 480-481

Brimia Grishin , subgen. n.

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Type species: Emesis brimo Godman & Salvin, 1889 .

Diagnosis. Distinguished by more produced forewing apex in males and consequently smaller hindwing comparatively to forewing and a unique tone of brighter orange color of some spots and bands in most species, in particular near costa, distad of its concave middle ( Fig. 2d ). In species lacking orange colors, the hindwing of males still disproportionally small compared to forewing. In DNA, a combination of the following base pairs is diagnostic: nuclear genome: cne6566.2.1:T111C, cne293.8.1:T183C, cne4269.3.1:C933T, cne22329.2.1:A1358T, cne37625.2.1:G450A; COI barcode region: A67T, T265A, T415A, T499A, C530T, and T532A.

Derivation of the name. The name is a feminine noun in the nominative singular. It is formed from the type species name.

Species included: Emesis brimo Godman & Salvin, 1889 , Symmachia temesa Hewitson, 1870 , and Symmachia satema Schaus, 1902 .

Parent taxon: Genus Emesis Fabricius, 1807 .

Figures

FIGURE 2. Sequenced specimens of new genera and subgenera proposed in this study. Dorsal and ventral sides are shown on the left and right, respectively, with the image letter in between. Gray letter F indicates that the mirror image (left-right invert- ed) is shown. DNA sample numbers are indicated for specimens, see Table S1 for other data. a. Curvie emesia, NVG-18045F09, on the right are male genitalia (with a 0.5 mm scale bar) of the specimen NVG-11913, data as for NVG-11914 (Table S1), but eclosed on 15-Feb-1974; b. Emesis (Mandania) mandana, NVG-18044D09; c. Emesis (Poeasia) poeas, NVG-18044G04; d. Emesis (Brimia) brimo, NVG-18045E01; e. Xanthosa xanthosa syntype, NVG-18054D08; f. Xanthosa xanthosa syntype, NVG- 18054D09; g. Xanthosa xanthosa syntype, NVG-18054D10; h. Emesis (Tenedia) tenedia, NVG-18086H06; i. Befrostia elegia syntype male, NVG-18052H02; j. Befrostia elegia syntype male, Brazil, coll. H. Stichel, #1089, NVG-18052H04; k. Befrostia elegia syntype female, no data, NVG-18052H03; l. Befrostia lalannei holotype, NVG-18086H06.All syntypes shown are from the ZMHB collection.