Autochton (Autochton) dora 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
Autochton
Autochton dora

description: Autochton (Autochton) dora Grishin, new species   
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(Fig. 1 part, 23–24, 235–236)  
 Definition and diagnosis. Ecuadorian specimens identified (incorrectly) as Autochton neis (Geyer, 1832) (type locality in Brazil) differ prominently from it in Z chromosome genes (Fig. 1a) and, therefore, although not differing in the COI barcode (0.15%, 1 bp), represent a new species. This new species partly keys to “ Autochton neis ” (C.16.6) in Evans (1952) and has somewhat similar male genitalia but differs from A. neis and other species of Autochton in a rounder distal end of harpe (near ventral margin), harpe with terminally smaller, rounded dorsal projection (Fig. 235–236), two (not three) subapical forewing spots, less irregular forewing hyaline discal band with spots more aligned with each other, and the spot in M 3 -CuA 1 cell being minute, dot-like (Fig. 23–24). 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: aly159.20.1:G156A, aly159.20.1:C183A, aly214.14.1:G229T, aly525.55.2:G403T, aly275215.9.3:A42C, however COI barcodes do not differentiate this species from A. neis.   
 Barcode sequence of the holotype. Sample NVG-22032C11, GenBank OR837631, 658 base pairs: AACTTTATATTTTATTTTTGGAATCTGAGCAGGATTAGTAGGTACTTCTTTAAGATTACTAATTCGAACTGAACTAGGAACACCTGGATCATTAATT GGAGATGATCAAATTTATAATACTATTGTTACTGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGAGGATTTGGAAACT GACTAGTACCCCTTATACTAGGAGCTCCAGATATAGCCTTCCCACGAATAAATAATATAAGATTCTGACTATTACCTCCATCATTAACTCTTTTAAT TTCAAGTAGTATTGTAGAAAATGGAGCAGGAACTGGATGAACTGTTTATCCTCCCCTTTCTTCTAATATTGCTCATCAAGGAGCTTCAGTAGATTTA GCAATTTTTTCTCTTCATTTAGCAGGAATTTCTTCAATTTTAGGAGCTATTAATTTTATTACAACTATTATTAATATACGAATTAATAATATATCTT TTGATCAAATACCTTTATTTGTATGAGCTGTAGGAATTACAGCTCTTCTTCTTTTACTTTCTTTACCAGTTCTAGCTGGAGCTATTACTATATTATT AACAGATCGAAATTTAAATACTTCATTCTTTGACCCAGCTGGGGGAGGAGATCCTATTTTATATCAACATTTATTT   
 Type material. Holotype: ♂ deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA (USNM), illustrated in Fig. 23–24, bears the following three rectangular labels, two white: [ECUADOR Pastaza | Puyo-Napo Rd. | Km 25 - 1200m | 11 Nov. ’88 | S.S. Nicolay], [DNA sample ID: | NVG-22032C11 | c/o Nick V. Grishin], and one red [HOLOTYPE ♂ | Autochton (Autochton) | dora Grishin]. Paratype: 1♀ NVG-19119C04, USNMENT_01602625 the same data as the holotype but collected on 10-Sep-1977.   
 Type locality. Ecuador: Pastaza Province, km 25 of Puyo-Napo road, elevation 1200 m.   
 Etymology. The name is for its distribution in [Ecua] dor + a and is a noun in apposition.   
 Distribution. Known only from the type locality in 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 pages 13-14, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10396362