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Issue: Vol. 5319 No. 4: 27 Jul. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-07-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5319.4.7
Page range: 573-581
Abstract views: 321
PDF downloaded: 24

Lessons from the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) holotypes in the MIZA collection (Maracay, Venezuela)

Department of Biophysics; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; 5323 Harry Hines Blvd.; Dallas; TX 75390-9050; USA; Department of Biochemistry; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; 5323 Harry Hines Blvd.; Dallas; TX 75390-9050; USA; Department of Eugene McDermott Center For Human Growth & Development; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; 5323 Harry Hines Blvd.; Dallas; TX 75390-9050; USA
Department of Biophysics; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; 5323 Harry Hines Blvd.; Dallas; TX 75390-9050; USA; Department of Eugene McDermott Center For Human Growth & Development; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; 5323 Harry Hines Blvd.; Dallas; TX 75390-9050; USA
Department of Biophysics; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; 5323 Harry Hines Blvd.; Dallas; TX 75390-9050; USA; Department of Eugene McDermott Center For Human Growth & Development; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; 5323 Harry Hines Blvd.; Dallas; TX 75390-9050; USA
Universidad Nacional Experimental del Táchira; Vicerrectorado Académico; Decanato de Docencia; Departamento de Ingeniería de Producción Animal; San Cristóbal; Táchira; Venezuela
Laubacher Str. 4; 35423 Lich; Hessen; Germany
Caixa postal 1206; 84.145-000 Carambeí; Paraná; Brazil
Departamento de Zoologia; Universidade Federal do Paraná; Caixa postal 19020; 81531-980 Curitiba; Paraná; Brazil
Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola Francisco Fernandez Yépez; Universidad Central de Venezuela; Maracay 2103; Venezuela and res. Las Cumbres; avenida Las acacias; La Florida; Caracas 1050; Venezuela
Department of Biophysics; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; 5323 Harry Hines Blvd.; Dallas; TX 75390-9050; USA; Department of Biochemistry; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; 5323 Harry Hines Blvd.; Dallas; TX 75390-9050; USA; National Museum of Natural History; Smithsonian Institution; Washington; DC; USA,
Lepidoptera classification genomics phylogeny biodiversity Venezuela

Abstract

Genomic sequencing and analysis of holotypes from the MIZA collection (Maracay, Venezuela) and their comparison with other species and their type specimens advances our understanding of their taxonomy. Jemadia demarmelsi Orellana, [2010] is confirmed as a species-level taxon and its female is genetically verified. The following are species-level taxa, not subspecies: Amenis pedro O. Mielke & Casagrande, 2022, stat. nov. (not Amenis pionia (Hewitson, 1857)) and Jemasonia sosia (Mabille, 1878), stat. rest. (not Jemasonia hewitsonii (Mabille, 1878)). Amenis ponina rogeri Orellana, [2010], stat. nov. and Jemasonia pater ortizi (Orellana, [2010]), stat. nov. are subspecies, not species. Jemadia pseudognetus imitator (Mabille, 1891), comb. nov. (not Jemadia hospita (Butler, 1877)) and Damas cervelina Orellana & Costa, 2019, comb. nov. (not Megaleas Godman, 1901) are new combinations.

 

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