Jing Zhang, Qian Cong, Jinhui Shen, Leina Song, Nick V Grishin
{"title":"Notable Hesperiidae collected by Kilian Roever in Arizona, USA.","authors":"Jing Zhang, Qian Cong, Jinhui Shen, Leina Song, Nick V Grishin","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.15122959","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15122959","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Genomic analysis of Hesperiidae specimens collected by Kilian Roever in Arizona, USA, and deposited in the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity (Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL, USA) confirms several published state species records, reveals that <i>Cecropterus</i> (<i>Murgaria</i>) <i>markwalkeri</i> Grishin, 2023, <i>Telegonus</i> (<i>Telegonus</i>) <i>misitra</i> (Plötz, 1881), and <i>Epargyreus cruza</i> Evans, 1952 have been found in Arizona with sequenced specimens representing first confirmed USA records of these three species, and allows us to discover new taxa <i>Cecropterus</i> (<i>Murgaria</i>) <i>roeveri</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> and <i>Lerema</i> (<i>Lerema</i>) <i>ochrius occidus</i> Grishin, <b>ssp. n</b>. This study underscores the value of extensive collecting and careful specimen preservation for research.</p>","PeriodicalId":75197,"journal":{"name":"The taxonomic report of the International Lepidoptera Survey","volume":"12 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12057797/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144030997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jing Zhang, Qian Cong, Jinhui Shen, Leina Song, Nick V Grishin
{"title":"Advancing butterfly systematics through genomic analysis.","authors":"Jing Zhang, Qian Cong, Jinhui Shen, Leina Song, Nick V Grishin","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.15531392","DOIUrl":"10.5281/zenodo.15531392","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Within the framework of an ongoing comparative genomic study of global butterfly diversity, we construct phylogenetic trees combining all protein-coding genes assembled from the whole genome shotgun data. When viewed in the context of current taxonomy and phenotypic knowledge, the genome-wide phylogeny points to further advances in butterfly systematics, which are presented here. We assign major clades with comparable levels of genetic divergence to the same taxonomic rank and apply criteria involving relative population divergence and gene flow to define species boundaries. As a result, one genus, 13 subgenera, 62 species, and five subspecies are proposed as new (type species in original combinations or type localities are given in parentheses): a genus <i>Ajenorix</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b> (<i>Rapala hypargyria</i> Elwes, 1893) in Deudorigini Doherty, 1886, Lycaenidae [Leach], [1815]; subgenera: in Riodinidae Grote, 1895 (1827): <i>Ouida</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (<i>Dodona ouida</i> Hewitson, 1866) and <i>Egeona</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (<i>Taxila egeon</i> Westwood, 1851) of <i>Dodona</i> Hewitson, 1861, <i>Locris</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (<i>Lasaia oileus</i> Godman, 1903) of <i>Lasaia</i> H. Bates, 1868, <i>Lucispila</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (<i>Hesperia lucianus</i> Fabricius, 1793) of <i>Parvospila</i> J. Hall, 2018, <i>Byzia</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (<i>Lemonias byzeres</i> Hewitson, 1872) of <i>Zelotaea</i> H. Bates, 1868, <i>Arichlosyne</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (<i>Apodemia ochracea</i> Mengel, 1902) of <i>Aricoris</i> Westwood, 1851, and <i>Lenca</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (<i>Lemonias lencates</i> Hewitson, 1875) of <i>Pachythone</i> H. Bates, 1868; in Lycaenidae: <i>Afrix</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (<i>Dipsas antalus</i> Hopffer, 1855) of <i>Capys</i> Hewitson, 1865, <i>Wacus</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (<i>Myrina epirus</i> C. Felder, 1860) of <i>Deudorix</i> Hewitson, 1863, and <i>Crates</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (<i>Hesperia isocrates</i> Fabricius, 1793) of <i>Virachola</i> F. Moore, 1881; and in Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809: <i>Ochloba</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (<i>Poanes batesi</i> Bell, 1935), <i>Ochlata</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (<i>Hesperia venata</i> Bremer & Grey, 1853), and <i>Ochluma</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (<i>Hesperia yuma</i> W. H. Edwards, 1873) of <i>Ochlodes</i> Scudder, 1872; species: in Riodinidae: <i>Lasaia cola</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Mexico: Colima), <i>Curvie wing</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (USA: Texas), <i>Curvie westwing</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Mexico: Sonora), <i>Curvie chiapensis</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Mexico: Chiapas), <i>Emesis</i> (<i>Tenedia</i>) <i>tinia</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Argentina), <i>Emesis</i> (<i>Tenedia</i>) <i>guaya</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Uruguay), <i>Emesis</i> (<i>Aphacitis</i>) <i>bugaba</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Panama: Chiriquí), and <i>Synargis rectanga</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Pe","PeriodicalId":75197,"journal":{"name":"The taxonomic report of the International Lepidoptera Survey","volume":"12 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12180588/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144369640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jing Zhang, Qian Cong, Jinhui Shen, Leina Song, Nick V Grishin
{"title":"Update to: Advancing butterfly systematics through genomic analysis.","authors":"Jing Zhang, Qian Cong, Jinhui Shen, Leina Song, Nick V Grishin","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.15874866","DOIUrl":"10.5281/zenodo.15874866","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this update, we propose (type species or type localities in parentheses): <i>Lochris</i> Grishin, <b>nom. nov.</b> (<i>Lasaia oileus</i> Godman, 1903; Lepidoptera: Riodinidae) as a new substitute name for <i>Locris</i> Grishin, 2025 preoccupied by <i>Locris</i> Stål, 1866 (<i>Cercopis rubra</i> Fabricius, 1794; Hemiptera: Cercopidae), 5 new species, and 5 new subspecies: <i>Emesis</i> (<i>Mandania</i>) <i>mandarina</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Brazil: Santa Catarina) and <i>Emesis</i> (<i>Mandania</i>) <i>mandela</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Venezuela, Carabobo) in Riodinidae Grote, 1895 (1827); others in Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809: <i>Telegonus</i> (<i>Rhabdoides</i>) <i>flavifimbro</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Colombia), <i>Urbanus</i> (<i>Urbanoides</i>) <i>dolus</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Colombia: Tolima), <i>Thespieus grandosul</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul); <i>Telegonus</i> (<i>Rhabdoides</i>) <i>alector obscuratus</i> Grishin, <b>ssp. n.</b> (Costa Rica: Puntarenas), <i>Burnsius communis tenebrunis</i> Grishin, <b>ssp. n.</b> (USA: OR, Klamath Co.), <i>Burnsius communis altus</i> Grishin, <b>ssp. n.</b> (USA: CA, Tuolumne Co.), <i>Ochlodes</i> (<i>Ochluma</i>) <i>sylvanoides paranapa</i> <b>ssp. n.</b> (USA: WY, Washakie Co.), and <i>Ochlodes</i> (<i>Ochluma</i>) <i>sylvanoides dempwolfi</i> <b>ssp. n.</b> (USA: ND, Slope Co.). Furthermore, we illustrate sequenced specimens, confirm the status of several species recently described based on limited material by sequencing additional specimens, and provide updated distribution data for these species.</p>","PeriodicalId":75197,"journal":{"name":"The taxonomic report of the International Lepidoptera Survey","volume":"12 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12315023/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144777212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jing Zhang, Qian Cong, Jinhui Shen, Leina Song, Nick V Grishin
{"title":"Taxonomic advances driven by the genomic analysis of butterflies.","authors":"Jing Zhang, Qian Cong, Jinhui Shen, Leina Song, Nick V Grishin","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.10614309","DOIUrl":"10.5281/zenodo.10614309","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study presents new findings based on a large-scale analysis of butterfly genomic sequences. Focusing on species identification through comparative genomics, we define subspecies as populations differentiated to a lesser extent than distinct species (\"species in the making\"). Additionally, we propose further adjustments to the current butterfly classification. As a result, 3 subgenera, 12 species, and 4 subspecies are described as new. New subgenera are (type species in parenthesis): <i>Hyalaus</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (<i>Papilio epidaus</i> E. Doubleday, 1846) of <i>Eurytides</i> Hübner, [1821] (Papilionidae Latreille, [1802]) and <i>Astria</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (<i>Lycaena astraea</i> Freyer, 1851) of <i>Glaucopsyche</i> Scudder, 1872 and <i>Afroidium</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (<i>Lycaena metophis</i> Wallengren, 1860) of <i>Brephidium</i> Scudder, 1876 (Lycaenidae [Leach], [1815]). New species are (type localities in parenthesis): <i>Ithomiola</i> (<i>Ithomiola</i>) <i>tesseroides</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Panama: Chiriquí), <i>Ithomiola</i> (<i>Ithomiola</i>) <i>coladoris</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Panama: Cerro Jefe), <i>Ithomiola</i> (<i>Ithomiola</i>) <i>perutanos</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Peru: Cuzco), <i>Lasaia pallida</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Venezuela: Maracay), <i>Synargis regina</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Peru: Chanchamayo), <i>Synargis reginella</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Brazil: Pará), <i>Synargis flavicauda</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Peru: Rio Pachitea, Monte Alegre), <i>Synargis tenebritorna</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Brazil: Bahia), and <i>Synargis latidifa</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (French Guiana) in Riodinidae Grote, 1895 (1827) and <i>Heliopetes</i> (<i>Heliopetes</i>) <i>acuta</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Mexico: Oaxaca), <i>Metrocles nun</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Brazil: Goiás), and <i>Hedone miracla</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Peru: Lima, Chancay River valley) in Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809. New subspecies are: <i>Microtia elva bogotana</i> Grishin, <b>ssp. n.</b> (Colombia: Bogota), and <i>Boloria astarte alaskia</i> Grishin, <b>ssp. n.</b> (USA: Alaska, Seward Peninsula) in Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815; <i>Lasaia sessilis oaxacensis</i> Grishin, <b>ssp. n.</b> (Mexico: Oaxaca) in Riodinidae; and <i>Cupido</i> (<i>Everes</i>) <i>comyntas orientalis</i> Grishin, <b>ssp. n.</b> (USA: North Carolina, Mecklenburg Co.) in Lycaenidae [Leach], [1815]. A number of taxonomic changes are proposed. The following taxa are species (not subspecies): <i>Eurema ella</i> (Röber, 1909) and <i>Eurema flavescens</i> (Chavannes, 1850) (not <i>Eurema elathea</i> (Cramer, 1777) and <i>Eurema millerorum</i> Llorente & Luis, 1987 (not <i>Eurema agave</i> (Cramer, 1775)) (Pieridae Swainson, 1820); <i>Ithomiola tessera</i> J. Hall, 2005 (not <i>Ithomiola theages</i> Godman & Salvin, 1878), <i>Lasaia callaina</i> Clench, 1972 (not <i>Lasaia agesilas</i> (Latreille, [1809])), and <i>Synargis attilius</i> (","PeriodicalId":75197,"journal":{"name":"The taxonomic report of the International Lepidoptera Survey","volume":"11 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11790290/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143124174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jing Zhang, Qian Cong, Jinhui Shen, Leina Song, Nick V Grishin
{"title":"New taxa of butterflies supported by genomic analysis.","authors":"Jing Zhang, Qian Cong, Jinhui Shen, Leina Song, Nick V Grishin","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.14037213","DOIUrl":"10.5281/zenodo.14037213","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Continuing with the genomic analysis of butterflies, we present a taxonomic update. As a result of this work, 3 genera, 6 subgenera, 16 species, and 2 subspecies are described as new. New genera and subgenera are (type species in parenthesis): <i>Systasia</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b> (<i>Hesperia zampa</i> W. H. Edwards, 1876) and <i>Asysta</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b> (<i>Systasea microsticta</i> Dyar, 1923) in Pyrgini Burmeister, 1878 and <i>Alyco</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b> (<i>Styriodes quota</i> Evans, 1955) in Moncina A. Warren, 2008; <i>Ocynthus</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (<i>Ocybadistes hypomeloma</i> Lower, 1911) of <i>Potanthus</i> Scudder, 1872, <i>Arrhona</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (<i>Padraona tranquilla</i> Swinhoe, 1905) and <i>Comba</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (<i>Hesperia wama</i> Plötz, 1885) of <i>Kobrona</i> Evans, 1935, <i>Telines</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (<i>Pamphila eurotas</i> C. Felder, 1860) of <i>Arrhenes</i> Mabille, 1904, <i>Kolba</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (<i>Telicota kolbei</i> Ribbe, 1899) of <i>Sabera</i> Swinhoe, 1908, and <i>Sarala</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (<i>Parnara sarala</i> Nicéville, 1889) of <i>Acerbas</i> Nicéville, 1895, all in Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809. New species and subspecies are (type localities in parenthesis): <i>Catocyclotis secuza</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Peru: Cuzco), <i>Catocyclotis serio</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Brazil: Rio de Janeiro), <i>Catocyclotis luteonaevia</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Bolivia: La Paz), <i>Synargis gohia</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Brazil: Bahia), and <i>Synargis maxidifa</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Peru: Loreto) in Riodinidae Grote, 1895 (1827); <i>Bungalotis corentus</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Ecuador: Pichincha), <i>Bungalotis amydros</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Ecuador: Pichincha), <i>Salatis minimaculatis</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Peru: Loreto), <i>Pellicia</i> (<i>Mictris</i>) <i>rio</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Brazil: Rio de Janeiro), <i>Clytius mattus</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (USA: Hidalgo Co.), <i>Perus</i> (<i>Menuda</i>) <i>tinctus</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (deduced as South America), <i>Timochares fuscifasciata</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (USA: Texas, Hidalgo Co.), <i>Quasimellana duranga</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Mexico: Durango), <i>Stinga azteca</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Mexico: México), <i>Vistigma</i> (<i>Vistigma</i>) <i>shnoba</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Peru: Madre de Dios), <i>Vertica</i> (<i>Brasta</i>) <i>asta</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Colombia: Valle del Cauca) in Hesperiidae; <i>Synargis flavicauda cosita</i> Grishin, <b>ssp. n.</b> (Guyana) in Riodinidae and <i>Notamblyscirtes durango seaza</i> Grishin, <b>ssp. n.</b> (USA: Arizona, Santa Cruz Co.) in Hesperiidae, as all other taxa below. <i>Suniana</i> Evans, 1934 is a subgenus of <i>Potanthus</i> Scudder, 1872. The following species are transferred between genera to form new combinations: <i>Camptopleura polax</i> (Evans, 1953), <b>comb. no","PeriodicalId":75197,"journal":{"name":"The taxonomic report of the International Lepidoptera Survey","volume":"12 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11759509/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143048981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jing Zhang, Qian Cong, Jinhui Shen, Leina Song, Paul A Opler, Nick V Grishin
{"title":"Additional taxonomic refinements suggested by genomic analysis of butterflies.","authors":"Jing Zhang, Qian Cong, Jinhui Shen, Leina Song, Paul A Opler, Nick V Grishin","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.7604053","DOIUrl":"10.5281/zenodo.7604053","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Comparative analyses of genomic data reveal further insights into the phylogeny and taxonomic classification of butterflies presented here. As a result, 2 new subgenera and 2 new species of Hesperiidae are described: <i>Borna</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (type species <i>Godmania borincona</i> Watson, 1937) and <i>Lilla</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (type species <i>Choranthus lilliae</i> Bell, 1931) of <i>Choranthus</i> Scudder, 1872, <i>Cecropterus</i> (<i>Murgaria</i>) <i>markwalkeri</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (type locality in Mexico: Sonora), and <i>Hedone yunga</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (type locality in Bolivia: Yungas, La Paz). The <b>lectotype</b> is designated for <i>Aethilla toxeus</i> Plötz, 1882. The type locality of <i>Dion uza</i> (Hewitson, 1877) is likely in southern Brazil. A number of taxonomic changes are proposed. The following taxa are subgenera, not genera: <i>Plebulina</i> Nabokov, 1945 of <i>Icaricia</i> Nabokov, 1945; <i>Sinia</i> Forster, 1940 of <i>Glaucopsyche</i> Scudder, 1872; <i>Pseudophilotes</i> Beuret, 1958 of <i>Palaeophilotes</i> Forster, 1938; and <i>Agraulis</i> Boisduval & Le Conte, [1835] of <i>Dione</i> Hübner, [1819]. <i>Asbolis</i> Mabille, 1904 is a subgenus of <i>Choranthus</i> Scudder, 1872 rather than its synonym. The following are species, not subspecies or synonyms: <i>Glaucopsyche algirica</i> (Heyne, 1895) (not <i>Glaucopsyche melanops</i> (Boisduval, 1829)), <i>Chlosyne flavula</i> (W. Barnes & McDunnough, 1918) (not <i>Chlosyne palla</i> (Boisduval, 1852)), <i>Cercyonis hypoleuca</i> Hawks & J. Emmel, 1998 (not <i>Cercyonis sthenele</i> (Boisduval, 1852)), <i>Cecropterus coyote</i> (Skinner, 1892) and <i>Cecropterus nigrociliata</i> (Mabille & Boullet, 1912) (not <i>Aethilla toxeus</i> Plötz, 1882), <i>Aguna malia</i> Evans, 1952 (not <i>Aguna megaeles</i> (Mabille, 1888)), <i>Polygonus arizonensis</i> (Skinner, 1911), <i>Polygonus histrio</i> Röber, 1925, <i>Polygonus pallida</i> Röber, 1925, and <i>Polygonus hagar</i> Evans, 1952 (not <i>Polygonus leo</i> (Gmelin, [1790])), <i>Viola kuma</i> (Bell, 1942), <b>comb. nov.</b> (not <i>Pachyneuria helena</i> (Hayward, 1939)), <i>Tamela maura</i> (Snellen, 1886) (not <i>Tamela othonias</i> (Hewitson, 1878)), <i>Tamela diocles</i> (Moore, [1866]) (not <i>Tamela nigrita</i> (Latreille, [1824])), <i>Vinius phellus</i> (Mabille, 1883) (not <i>Vinius exilis</i> (Plötz, 1883)), <i>Vinius sophistes</i> (Dyar, 1918) (not <i>Vinius tryhana</i> (Kaye, 1914)), and <i>Rhinthon andricus</i> (Mabille, 1895) and <i>Rhinthon aqua</i> (Evans, 1955) (not <i>Rhinthon braesia</i> (Hewitson, 1867)). The following are new and revised species-subspecies combinations: <i>Cercyonis sthenele damei</i> W. Barnes & Benjamin, 1926 (not <i>Cercyonis meadii</i> (W. H. Edwards, 1872)) and <i>Chlosyne flavula blackmorei</i> Pelham, 2008 and <i>Chlosyne flavula calydon</i> (W. Holland, 1931) (not <i>Chlosyne palla</i>). The following are valid subspecies resurrected from","PeriodicalId":75197,"journal":{"name":"The taxonomic report of the International Lepidoptera Survey","volume":"11 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9934913/pdf/nihms-1871576.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10788600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jing Zhang, Qian Cong, Jinhui Shen, Leina Song, Nick V Grishin
{"title":"Genomic analysis reveals new species and subspecies of butterflies.","authors":"Jing Zhang, Qian Cong, Jinhui Shen, Leina Song, Nick V Grishin","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.10372378","DOIUrl":"10.5281/zenodo.10372378","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Large-scale genomic sequencing of butterfly taxa reveals new findings that are presented here. While we focus on detecting species by comparative genomics and define subspecies as groups of populations genetically differentiated from each other but not as strongly as species (i.e., subspecies as \"species in the making\"), we report other adjustments to butterfly classification. As a result, 4 subgenera, 11 species, and 6 subspecies are proposed as new. New subgenera are: <i>Rapis</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (type species <i>Papilio rapae</i> Linnaeus, 1758, genus <i>Pieris</i> Schrank, 1801) in Pieridae Swainson, 1820 and <i>Callitera</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (type species <i>Eurygona</i>? <i>pulcherrima</i> Herrich-Schäffer, [1853], genus <i>Isapis</i> E. Doubleday, 1847), <i>Matizada</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (type species <i>Themone poecila</i> H. Bates, 1868, genus <i>Isapis</i> E. Doubleday, 1847), and <i>Parapanara</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (type species <i>Lyropteryx diadocis</i> Stichel, 1910, genus <i>Paraphthonia</i> Stichel, 1910) in Riodinidae Grote, 1895 (1827). New species are (type localities in parenthesis): <i>Chlosyne pardelina</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (USA: Texas, Duval Co.) in Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815; <i>Erythia paracheles</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Panama: Canal Zone), <i>Erythia borrosa</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Panama: Panama), and <i>Cremna telarania</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Bolivia: La Paz) in Riodinidae; and <i>Euriphellus colombiensis</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Colombia: Río Dagua), <i>Euriphellus ecuadoricus</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Ecuador: Canelos), <i>Urbanus</i> (<i>Urbanus</i>) <i>cubanus</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Cuba: Havana), <i>Gorgythion guyanus</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Guyana: Essequibo), <i>Lon co</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Mexico: Guerrero), <i>Lon ma</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Panama: Chiriquí), and <i>Lon chia</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Mexico: Chiapas) in Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809. New subspecies are (type localities in parenthesis): <i>Chlosyne definita dolosa</i> Grishin, <b>ssp. n.</b> (Mexico: Chihuahua) in Nymphalidae and <i>Limochores mystic nino</i> Grishin, <b>ssp. n.</b> (USA: Arizona, Coconino Co.), <i>Hesperia pahaska hannawackeri</i> Grishin, <b>ssp. n.</b> (USA: Utah, San Juan Co.), <i>Pseudocopaeodes eunus ash</i> Grishin, <b>ssp. n.</b> (USA: Nevada, Nye Co.), <i>Ochlodes napa kaibab</i> Grishin, <b>ssp. n.</b> (USA: Arizona, Coconino Co.), and <i>Lon melane sur</i> Grishin, <b>ssp. n.</b> (Mexico: Baja California Sur) in Hesperiidae. Furthermore, we confirm 1 genus, resurrect 2 subgenera, change the rank of 3 genera to subgenera, synonymize 3 genera, 1 species, and 1 subspecies, and present evidence to support 17 taxa (1 confirmed) as species instead of subspecies or synonyms. Namely, we confirm <i>Perpheres</i> Hirowatari, 1992 as a valid genus, not a junior subjective synonym of <i>Danis</i> [Fabricius], 1807 (Lycaenidae); treat <i>Sin","PeriodicalId":75197,"journal":{"name":"The taxonomic report of the International Lepidoptera Survey","volume":"11 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11759507/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143048980","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jing Zhang, Qian Cong, Gerardo Lamas, Nick V Grishin
{"title":"Neotype designation for <i>Papilio fulgerator</i> Walch, 1775 (Hesperiidae: Eudaminae).","authors":"Jing Zhang, Qian Cong, Gerardo Lamas, Nick V Grishin","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.7272388","DOIUrl":"10.5281/zenodo.7272388","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The discovery that a skipper butterfly <i>Telegonus fulgerator</i> (Walch, 1775), previously placed in the genus <i>Astraptes</i> Hübner, [1819], is a complex of many similar-looking species-level taxa with different COI barcodes, caterpillar foodplants and body patterns, and subtle differences in adult phenotypes raised a question about which species is the original <i>T. fulgerator</i>. To answer this question, being unable to locate its holotype, we designate the <b>neotype</b> of <i>Papilio fulgerator</i> Walch, 1775, a female specimen from Suriname in the Zoological State Collection, Munich, Germany. This neotype will form the foundation for a comprehensive revision of the <i>T. fulgerator</i> complex based on genomic sequencing and analysis augmented with phenotypic considerations.</p>","PeriodicalId":75197,"journal":{"name":"The taxonomic report of the International Lepidoptera Survey","volume":"10 8","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9645580/pdf/nihms-1846940.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40477452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jing Zhang, Qian Cong, Jinhui Shen, Leina Song, Riley J Gott, Pierre Boyer, Crispin S Guppy, Steve Kohler, Gerardo Lamas, Paul A Opler, Nick V Grishin
{"title":"Taxonomic discoveries enabled by genomic analysis of butterflies.","authors":"Jing Zhang, Qian Cong, Jinhui Shen, Leina Song, Riley J Gott, Pierre Boyer, Crispin S Guppy, Steve Kohler, Gerardo Lamas, Paul A Opler, Nick V Grishin","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.7160429","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7160429","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The comparative genomics of butterflies yields additional insights into their phylogeny and classification that are compiled here. As a result, 3 genera, 5 subgenera, 5 species, and 3 subspecies are proposed as new, i.e., in Hesperiidae: <i>Antina</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b> (type species <i>Antigonus minor</i> O. Mielke, 1980), <i>Pompe</i> Grishin and Lamas, <b>gen. n.</b> (type species <i>Lerema postpuncta</i> Draudt, 1923), and <i>Curva</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b> (type species <i>Moeris hyagnis</i> Godman, 1900); in Lycaenidae: <i>Fussia</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (type species <i>Polyommatus standfussi</i> Grum-Grshimailo, 1891) and <i>Pava</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (type species <i>Thecla panava</i> Westwood, 1852); in Hesperiidae: <i>Monoca</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (type species <i>Tagiades monophthalma</i> Plötz, 1884), <i>Putuma</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (type species <i>Tisias putumayo</i> Constantino and Salazar, 2013), and <i>Rayia</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (type species <i>Mastor perigenes</i> Godman, 1900); <i>Cissia wahala</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Nymphalidae; type locality in Mexico: Oaxaca); in Hesperiidae: <i>Hedone mira</i> Grishin and Lamas, <b>sp. n.</b> (type locality in Peru: Apurímac), <i>Vidius pompeoides</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (type locality in Brazil: Amazonas), <i>Parphorus hermieri</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Hesperiidae; type locality in Brazil: Rondônia), and <i>Zenis par</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Hesperiidae; type locality in Peru: Cuzco); in Pieridae: <i>Glutophrissa drusilla noroesta</i> Grishin, <b>ssp. n.</b> (type locality in USA: Texas, Cameron Co.) and <i>Pieris marginalis siblanca</i> Grishin, <b>ssp. n.</b> (type locality in USA: New Mexico, Lincoln Co.), and <i>Argynnis cybele neomexicana</i> Grishin, <b>ssp. n.</b> (Nymphalidae; type locality in USA: New Mexico, Sandoval Co.). <i>Acidalia leto valesinoides-alba</i> Reuss, [1926] and <i>Acidalia nokomis valesinoides-alba</i> Reuss, [1926] are unavailable names. <b>Neotypes</b> are designated for <i>Mylothris margarita</i> Hübner, [1825] (type locality in Brazil) and <i>Papilio coras</i> Cramer, 1775 (type locality becomes USA: Pennsylvania, Montgomery Co., Flourtown). <i>Mylothris margarita</i> Hübner, [1825] becomes a junior objective synonym of <i>Pieris ilaire</i> Godart, 1819, currently a junior subjective synonym of <i>Glutophrissa drusilla</i> (Cramer, 1777). <b>Lectotypes</b> are designated for <i>Hesperia ceramica</i> Plötz, 1886 (type locality in Indonesia: Seram Island), <i>Pamphila trebius</i> Mabille, 1891 (type locality Colombia: Bogota), <i>Methionopsis modestus</i> Godman, 1901 and <i>Papias microsema</i> Godman, 1900 (type locality in Mexico: Tabasco), <i>Hesperia fusca</i> Grote & Robinson, 1867 (type locality in USA: Georgia), <i>Goniloba corusca</i> Herrich-Schäffer, 1869, and <i>Goniloba devanes</i> Herrich-Schäffer, 1869; the type localities of the last two species, together with <i>Pamphila st","PeriodicalId":75197,"journal":{"name":"The taxonomic report of the International Lepidoptera Survey","volume":"10 7","pages":"1-59"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9645532/pdf/nihms-1842990.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40465616","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Checking the checkered taxonomy of Plötz's checkered skippers (Hesperiidae: Pyrgini).","authors":"Jing Zhang, Q. Cong, J. Burns, N. Grishin","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.6510282","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6510282","url":null,"abstract":"We present an analysis of the names proposed by Carl Plötz in 1884 for the New World species in the genus Pyrgus Hübner, [1819] facilitated by the genomic sequencing of extant primary type specimens comparatively with a larger sample of more recently collected specimens of these species and their relatives. The changes to nomenclature suggested here are only caused by the identity of primary type specimens as revealed by their phenotypes or through genomic sequencing. All neotypes are designated to stabilize nomenclature in agreement with the current usage of these names, which in unison agrees best with the information available about them. Lectotypes are designated for the following 5 taxa: Pyrgus (Scelothrix [sic]) bellatrix Plötz, 1884 (type locality Argentina: Buenos Aires), Pyrgus (Pyrgus) willi Plötz, 1884 (type locality in Brazil: Minas Gerais), Pyrgus (Pyrgus) albescens Plötz, 1884 (type locality in Mexico), Pyrgus (Syrichthus [sic]) lycurgus Plötz, 1884 (type locality in \"Central America\", likely southern Mexico), and Pyrgus occidentalis Skinner, 1906 (type locality USA: Texas, San Antonio). Neotypes are designated for the following 4 taxa: Pyrgus (Pyrgus) adepta Plötz, 1884 (Herrich-Schäffer in litt.) (type locality Colombia: Bogota), Pyrgus (Scelothrix [sic]) dion Plötz, 1884 (type locality Colombia: Bogota), Pyrgus (Scelothrix [sic]) adjutrix Plötz, 1884 (Herrich-Schäffer in litt.) (type locality in Mexico: Nuevo Leon), Pyrgus (Pyrgus) insolatrix Plötz, 1884 (Herrich-Schäffer in litt.) (type locality in \"Central America\", likely southern Mexico). As a result, P. lycurgus and P. insolatrix are objective synonyms. The following are junior subjective synonyms: P. dion of Burnsius adepta (Plötz, 1884), Pyrgus (Syrichthus [sic]) varus Plötz, 1884 of Burnsius orcus (Stoll, 1780) and P. adjutrix of Burnsius oileus (Linnaeus, 1767). Heliopetes (Heliopyrgus) willi (Plötz, 1884) is a species-level taxon and not a subspecies of Heliopetes (Heliopyrgus) domicella (Erichson, [1849])). Genomic analysis of the lectotypes of P. albescens, P. lycurgus, and P. occidentalis establishes them as conspecific with Burnsius communis (Grote, 1872), thus depriving a distinct species currently identified as Burnsius albescens from its name, that becomes a name for Burnsius communis albescens (Plötz, 1884) in accord with its lectotype identity; P. lycurgus and P. insolatrix are its junior subjective synonyms, but P. occidentalis is a junior subjective synonym of B. communis communis. A new name Burnsius albezens Grishin sp. n. (type locality USA: Arizona, Cochise Co., Portal) is proposed for the species misidentified as B. albescens. Furthermore, genomic comparisons reveal two other new species and one new subspecies of Burnsius Grishin, 2019: B. burnsi Grishin sp. n. (type locality Mexico: Veracruz, Huatusco), B. adepta inepta Grishin ssp. n. (type locality Ecuador: Pichincha, Tandapi), and B. orcynus Grishin sp. n. (type locality Curaçao: Hato Field) that are","PeriodicalId":75197,"journal":{"name":"The taxonomic report of the International Lepidoptera Survey","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73526946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}