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A Concoction Pipeline for Generating Molecular Operational Taxonomic Units (MOTUs) Among Riparian and Aquatic Beetles
Published on: July 11, 2025
Update to: Advancing butterfly systematics through genomic analysis
Jing Zhang1,2,3, Qian Cong1,3, Jinhui Shen1,2
1Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390-9050, USA.
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In this update, we propose (type species or type localities in parentheses): Lochris Grishin, nom. nov. (Lasaia oileus Godman, 1903; Lepidoptera: Riodinidae) as a new substitute name for Locris Grishin, 2025 preoccupied by Locris Stål, 1866 (Cercopis rubra Fabricius, 1794; Hemiptera: Cercopidae), 5 new species, and 5 new subspecies: Emesis (Mandania) mandarina Grishin, sp. n. (Brazil: Santa Catarina) and Emesis (Mandania) mandela Grishin, sp. n. (Venezuela, Carabobo) in Riodinidae Grote, 1895 (1827); others in Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809: Telegonus (Rhabdoides) flavifimbro Grishin, sp. n. (Colombia), Urbanus (Urbanoides) dolus Grishin, sp. n. (Colombia: Tolima), Thespieus grandosul Grishin, sp. n. (Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul); Telegonus (Rhabdoides) alector obscuratus Grishin, ssp. n. (Costa Rica: Puntarenas), Burnsius communis tenebrunis Grishin, ssp. n. (USA: OR, Klamath Co.), Burnsius communis altus Grishin, ssp. n. (USA: CA, Tuolumne Co.), Ochlodes (Ochluma) sylvanoides paranapa ssp. n. (USA: WY, Washakie Co.), and Ochlodes (Ochluma) sylvanoides dempwolfi ssp. n. (USA: ND, Slope Co.). Furthermore, we illustrate sequenced specimens, confirm the status of several species recently described based on limited material by sequencing additional specimens, and provide updated distribution data for these species.
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