Telegonus subflavus Zhang, Cong, Shen & Grishin, 2022, new species
Creators: name: Zhang, Jing
name: Cong, Qian
name: Shen, Jinhui
name: Grishin, Nick V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Hesperiidae
Telegonus
Telegonus subflavus

description: Telegonus subflavus Grishin, new species   
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 As shown above, Telegonus galesus form subflavus Williams, 1927 (type locality Ecuador: Riobamba) is an infrasubspecific name with the “ holotype ” that is a species distinct from Telegonus galesus Mabille, 1888 (type locality Peru: Chanchamayo). This species does not have a valid name, and therefore is new. Here, we apply the same epithet subflavus (a masculine adjective) to this species, which according to ICZN Article 45.5.1. would establish it as new, provided that the description of this species, including its holotype designation and illustration are given in Williams (1927b: 281, pl. 24, fig. 4), all are adopted here. It is distinguished from T. galesus by more extensive yellow overscaling on wings below, especially in the discal area of ventral hindwing. The holotype (NVG-15096B05) (Fig. 2h,i), male, in the collection of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA, USA (CMNH) is already conveniently labeled as “ Telegonus subflavus ”, the exact name that is applied to it now. It bears the following six labels: || Riobamba | Ecuador || Type | Telegonus | subflavus | R.C. Williams,Jr. | 7128 || CMNH HOLOTYPE #762 | Telegonus | subflavus | Williams || Insect collection | CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF | NATURAL HISTORY | Pittsburg, Pa. (CMNH) || Allyn Museum photo | No. 820630-3/4 || DNA sample ID: | NVG-15096B05 | c/o Nick V. Grishin ||. The COI barcode sequence of the holotype is:   
AACTTTATATTTTATTTTTGGAATTTGAGCAGGATTAGTTGGAACTTCTTTAAGATTACTTATTCGAACTGAATTAG G A AC C C C C G G ATC T T TA AT TG G TG ATG ATC A A AT T TATA ATAC TAT TG TA AC AG C C C ATG C AT T TAT TATA ATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGAGGATTCGGAAATTGATTAGTACCCCTAATAATAGGAGCTCCA G A TA TA G C T T T C C C T C G TA TA A A TA A TA TA A G A T T T T G A C T T T TA C C C C C A T C A T TA A C T T TA T TA ATTTCAAGAAGAATTGTAGAAAATGGTGCTGGAACAGGATGAACAGTTTATCCCCCTCTTTCATCTAATATTGCCCAT CAAGGAACATCCGTTGACTTAGCAATTTTTTCATTACATCTTGCTGGTATTTCATCTATTCTTGGAGCTATTAATTT TATTACAACAATTATTAATATACGAATTAATAATTTATCTTTTGATCAAATACCTTTATTTATTTGAGCTGTAGGAAT TACAGCATTACTATTATTACTTTCTTTACCAGTTTTAGCTGGAGCTATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGAAATTTA AATACTTCATTTTTTGATCCAGCAGGAGGAGGAGATCCAATTTTATATCAACATCTATTT  
 It differs from T. galesus by the following combination of characters (among a number of others): 19T, 38G, 85C, 100T, 112T, 133C, 187C, 197T, 205C, 206C, 220T, 223A, 138T, 334A, 374A, 379C, 397T. The type locality is Ecuador: Riobamba. The species is also know from Colombia and Peru with 3 paratypes, NVG-18056D07 ♂, NVG-18056D09 ♀, both from Colombia: Pacho, in ZfBS, and NVG-18028H03 ♂ from Peru: Cusco, in the USNM (Fig. 1). Type identification labels will be mailed to curators of these collections to be placed on the specimens of the type series. Apparently, the range of this new species overlaps with T. galesus and they may be sympatric in Peru.
description: Published as part of Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian, Shen, Jinhui & Grishin, Nick V., 2022, Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera), pp. 1-135 in Insecta Mundi 2022 (921) on page 22, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6392056