Description of Uniphylus gen. nov., a new genus of Carcharodini (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae, Pyrginae) for Staphylus evemerus Godman & Salvin, 1896

Author(s)

JOSÉ RICARDO A. LEMES ^[1] ; RICARDO RUSSO SIEWERT ^[2] ; OLAF H.H. MIELKE ^[3] ; MIRNA M. CASAGRANDE ^[4] ; ANDREW DAVID WARREN ^[5]

Affiliation

^[1] Universidade Federal do Paraná. Departamento de Zoologia - Brasil

^[2] Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Departamento de Biologia Animal e Museu de Diversidade Biológica - Brasil

^[3] Universidade Federal do Paraná. Departamento de Zoologia - Brasil

^[4] Universidade Federal do Paraná. Departamento de Zoologia - Brasil

^[5] University of Florida. Florida Museum of Natural History - Estados Unidos

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências; v. 95, 2023-10-30.

Abstract

Abstract Staphylus evemerus Godman & Salvin, 1896 is a species with a unique set of morphological characters within Carcharodini. Also, mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI) sequences analysis demonstrated a large genetic distance with other related genera of the tribe. Therefore, this paper aims to describe a new genus for this species, which is named as Uniphylus gen. nov. Besides the morphological redescription of the male of Uniphylus evemerus (Godman & Salvin, 1896) new comb., the description of the female is provided for the first time, as well as an updated distributional map with all records known so far for this species. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 20/09595-0 - Patterns of morphological evolution of the secondary sexual characters in butterflies of the subfamily Pyrginae (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)
• Grantee: Ricardo Russo Siewert
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral