Mustiliini tribe nov., 1995

Deng, Min, Zwick, Andreas, Chen, Qi, Liao, Cheng-Qing, Wang, Wei, Wang, Xing & Huang, Guo-Hua, 2023, Phylogeny and classification of Endromidae (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea) based on mitochondrial genomes, Arthropod Systematics & amp; Phylogeny 81, pp. 395-408 : 395

Mustiliini tribe nov.

Type genus.

Mustilia Walker, 1865

Diagnosis.

Mustiliini tribe nov. is similar to Oberthueriini stat. rev. in having narrow forewings and the distal half of the antenna with underdeveloped rami, but it can be easily distinguished by particularly short or completely reduced labial palpi. Larvae of this tribe also possess a hairless body, but the thoracic tergites are laterally strongly expanded, and the anal horn is relatively long and stout (Figure 1 : Comparmustilia , Mustilia and Smerkata ).

Notes.

Based on the above morphological characteristics, we here establish the new tribe Mustiliini tribe nov., which is also supported by molecular data. Although we lack molecular data for Falcogona , it is included in this tribe because of its similarity in habitus and male genital structures to Smerkata .

Figures

Figure 1. Phylogeny of Endromidae inferred from different data sets (13 PCGs-AA, 13 PCGs) using Bayesian inference and maximum likelihood analyses. Numbers above branches are posterior probabilities (BIPP), beneath which are bootstrap percentages (MLBP) for 1000 replicates; nodes with maximum support values are marked with a black dot instead. Dashed arrows (two in total) identify alternative topologies (relative to the topology shown) that receive at least 70 % bootstrap support by one or more of the approaches. The asterisks indicate newly sequenced mitochondrial genomes.