Xeniades hermoda (Hewitson, 1870)

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 : 50

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6392056

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/183DE44C-FFB3-FFC5-AFF9-FDC4FC31C461

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Xeniades hermoda (Hewitson, 1870)
status

 

Xeniades hermoda (Hewitson, 1870) , reinstated status, new combination

Initially proposed as a species, Hesperia hermoda Hewitson, 1870 (type locality Ecuador) has been placed as a subspecies of Tisias quadrata ( Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) (type locality not given) by Evans (1955). COI barcode difference between the syntype of quadrata NVG-15036C04 in the ZMHB and a hermoda specimen NVG- 18112A05 from Colombia is 2.4% (16 bp). Our genomic tree places both taxa in Xeniades Godman, 1900 (type species Papilio orchamus Cramer, 1777 ) instead of Tisias Godman, 1901 (type species Proteides myna Mabille, 1889 ) ( Fig. 11 View Figure 11 ), Furthermore, nuclear genome differences between hermoda and quadrata at the level typical of closely related species and the presence of white apical spots, absent in quadrata , prompt us to propose Xeniades hermoda (Hewitson, 1870) , reinstated status, new combination.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Hesperiidae

Genus

Xeniades

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