Genomic DNA Sequencing Reveals Two New North American Species of Staphylus (Hesperiidae: Pyrginae: Carcharodini)

Authors

Jing Zhang

Date of this Version

5-1-2022

Document Type

Article

Citation

Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey (May 1, 2022) 10(4): 1-13

Also available at https://lepsurvey.carolinanature.com/ttr/ttr-10-4.pdf

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ZooBank registration: http://zoobank.org/CCF018F4-0188-451A-BE75-006F64938595

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Abstract

Two new skipper butterfly (Hesperiidae) species are described from the United States: Staphylus floridus Grishin, sp. n. (type locality in Florida, Volusia County) and Staphylus ecos Grishin, sp. n. (type locality in Texas, Brewster County). They are cryptic and hence escaped recognition. They differ from their sister species by the relative size and morphology of genitalia and by genotype—including and beyond the COI barcode—thus, suggesting genetic isolation that argues for their species-level status. A lectotype is designated for Helias ascalaphus Staudinger, 1876. Staphylus opites (Godman & Salvin, 1896), stat. rest. is a species-level taxon and not a synonym of Staphylus vincula (Plötz, 1886), while Pholisora iguala Williams & Bell, 1940, syn. n. is a junior subjective synonym of S. vincula.

COI = c oxidase subunit I