Genomics reveals a new genus and species from a single female specimen (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae: Hesperiini: Moncina)
- New taxa in Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) are traditionally proposed after inspection of male genitalia, which largely form the basis for Hesperiidae taxonomy. However, with genomic DNA sequencing, even a single female specimen can be placed in a phylogenetic context of existing classification and taxonomically assigned with confidence. Genomic sequencing of an unusually patterned Hesperiidae female from San Martin, Peru, characterized by pearly spots outlining an inverted heart pattern on the rust-colored ventral hindwing, reveals that it represents an undescribed genus and species named here as Gemmia buechei Brockmann and Grishin, new genus and new species. ZooBank registration. https://zoobank.org/2FA538FA-7D65-4097-9BBA-71CD1B2795E5
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| Author: | Ernst BrockmannGND, Jing Zhang, Qian CongORCiD, Nick V. GrishinORCiD |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-689447 |
| URL: | https://centerforsystematicentomology.org/insectamundi/0957_Brockmann_etal_2022.pdf |
| ISSN: | 1942-1354 |
| ISSN: | 0749-6737 |
| Parent Title (English): | Insecta Mundi |
| Series (Serial Number): | Insecta Mundi (957) |
| Publisher: | Flora & Fauna Publ. |
| Place of publication: | Gainesville, Fla. |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2022/10/14 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2022/10/14 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2022/10/14 |
| Tag: | Skipper butterflies; South America; biodiversity; female genitalia; museomics |
| Volume: | 2022 |
| Issue: | article 957 |
| Article Number: | 957 |
| Page Number: | 10 |
| First Page: | 1 |
| Last Page: | 8 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 504145207 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
| Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell 3.0 |
