Abstract
Molecular phylogenetic analysis indicates that the genus Carterocephalus is not monophyletic. Based on combined molecular and morphological evidence, we propose a new genus, Pulchroptera Hou, Fan & Chiba, gen. nov., for Pamphilapulchra Leech, 1891. The adult, wing venation, and male genitalia of Pulchropterapulchracomb. nov., Carterocephaluspalaemon, and related genera are illustrated.
Highlights
Heteropterinae, including 13 genera from Africa, was established already by Aurivillius (1925), subsequent authors did not recognise the subfamily, presumably because it was a mixture of genera and species assigned to the subfamilies Hesperiinae as well as Heteropterinae in the current taxonomy
31 were newly sequenced in this study, with the remaining sequences being obtained from the GenBank database along with supplementary data presented by Sahoo et al (2016) and Toussaint et al (2020)
The topological structures of the concatenated dataset inferred by maximum likelihood (ML) and Bayesian inference (BI) analyses were found to be generally consistent and strongly supported at most nodes (PP ≥ 0.98, SH-aLRT ≥ 95, ultrafast bootstrap (UFBoot) ≥ 98) (Fig. 1)
Summary
The molecular phylogeny of the family Hesperiidae has attracted the attention of an increasing number of researchers (Warren et al 2008, 2009; Sahoo et al 2016; Toussaint et al 2018; Cong et al 2019; Li et al 2019; Liu et al 2020). Recent molecular studies strongly support the monophyly of the subfamily (Warren et al 2008; Sahoo et al 2016, 2017; Toussaint et al 2018, 2020; Cong et al 2019; Li et al 2019; Zhang et al 2019; Liu et al 2020).
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