Lerema (Morys) ecuadorica Zhang & Cong & Grishin 2023, new species
Creators: name: Zhang, Jing
name: Cong, Qian
name: Grishin, Nick V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Hesperiidae
Lerema
Lerema ecuadorica

description: Lerema (Morys) ecuadorica Grishin, new species   
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(Fig. 6 part, 157–158, 384–385)  
 Definition and diagnosis. Phylogenetic trees reveal that a specimen from Ecuador identified as Lerema (Morys) micythus (Godman, 1900) (type locality in Mexico: Guerrero and Tabasco, and Costa Rica, illustrated specimen from Tabasco) is not monophyletic with it and shows prominent genetic differentiation from it (Fig. 6): e.g., their COI barcodes differ by2.3%(15bp) and,therefore,represents a new species.This new species keys to“ Morys compta micythus ” (J.40.2(a)) in Evans (1955) but differs from it and other relatives by wings unspotted on both sides (Fig. 157–158) and harpe massively expanded posteriad, somewhat ax-shaped, its dorsal tooth longer and narrower, smoothly merged with harpe without separation between them (Fig. 384–385). Due to the cryptic nature of this species, most reliable identification is achieved by DNA and a combination of the following base pairs is diagnostic in the nuclear genome: aly18312.9.17:A27T, aly18312.9.17:C39T, aly6841.19.2:A449G, aly4778.7.5:A84C, aly37338.27.1:G351A, aly 1042.2.2:C27C (not T), aly 1042.8.5:C138C (not G), aly 1042.8.5:C151C (not T), aly29.8.12:C153C (not A), aly536.180.3:T69T (not C), and COI barcode: A100G, T169C, T304C, C355T, T616C.   
 Barcode sequence of the holotype. Sample NVG-19021F08, GenBank OR837693, 658 base pairs: AACTTTATATTTTATTTTCGGAATTTGAGCAGGAATATTAGGAACTTCTTTAAGTTTATTAATTCGAACAGAATTAGGTAATCCAGGATCTTTAATT GGGGATGACCAAATTTATAATACTATTGTTACTGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCCATTATAATTGGAGGATTTGGTAATT GATTAGTTCCATTAATATTAGGAGCACCTGATATAGCATTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGAATACTTCCTCCTTCCTTAATATTATTAAT TTCAAGAAGAATCGTAGAAAATGGAGCAGGAACAGGATGAACTGTTTATCCTCCTTTATCTTCTAATATTGCTCATCAAGGAGCTTCAGTTGATTTA GCAATTTTTTCTCTTCATTTAGCTGGTATTTCTTCTATTTTAGGTGCTATTAATTTTATTACTACAATTATTAATATACGAGTAAGAAATTTATCTT TTGATCAAATACCTTTATTTGTTTGATCTGTAGGAATTACTGCATTATTATTACTTTTATCATTACCTGTATTAGCAGGTGCTATTACTATACTTTT AACTGATCGAAATTTAAATACTTCATTTTTTGACCCTGCCGGAGGAGGAGATCCTATTTTATATCAACATTTATTT   
 Type material. Holotype: ♂ deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA (USNM), illustrated in Fig. 157–158, bears the following four rectangular labels, three white: [ECUADOR, Pichincha | Prov.: Tinalandia | 2200′ 18–20 Apr 1990 | coll J. W. Brown], [DNA sample ID: | NVG-19021F08 | c/o Nick V. Grishin], [USNMENT | {QR Code} | 01532698], and one red [HOLOTYPE ♂ | Lerema (Morys) | ecuadorica Grishin].   
 Type locality. Ecuador: Pichincha Province, Tinalandia, elevation 2200 ft.   
 Etymology. The name is given for the type locality. The name is a feminine adjective.   
 Distribution. Currently known only from the holotype collected in Pichincha Province, Ecuador.
description: Published as part of Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian & Grishin, Nick V., 2023, Supplementary Materials and Appendix, pp. 1-115 in Insecta Mundi 2023 (26) on page 64, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10396362