TY - JOUR
T1 - Revision of the poorly known neotropical butterfly genus Zischkaia forster, 1964 (lepidoptera, nymphalidae, satyrinae), with descriptions of nine new species
AU - Nakahara, Shinichi
AU - Zacca, Thamara
AU - Dias, Fernando M.S.
AU - Dolibaina, Diego R.
AU - Xiao, Lei
AU - Espeland, Marianne
AU - Casagrande, Mirna M.
AU - Mielke, Olaf H.H.
AU - Lamas, Gerardo
AU - Huertas, Blanca
AU - Kleckner, Kaylin
AU - Willmott, Keith R.
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - All rights reserved. We provide the first comprehensive taxonomic revision of the poorly known South American butterfly genus Zischkaia Forster, 1964, hitherto regarded as including three described species. A phylogenetic analysis based on DNA sequence data shows that Zischkaia is monophyletic and consists of two morphologically diagnosable clades. Morphological characters and DNA ‘barcodes’ support the recognition of twelve species in the genus, a significant increase even for the relatively poorly studied subtribe Euptychiina. Consequently, nine new species are described and named herein, including Z. arctoa Nakahara, sp. nov., Z. chullachaki Nakahara & Zacca, sp. nov., Z. baku Zacca, Dolibaina & Dias, sp. nov., Z. arenisca Nakahara, Willmott & Hall, sp. nov., Z. argyrosflecha Nakahara, L. Miller & Huertas, sp. nov., Z. abanico Nakahara & Petit, sp. nov., Z. josti Nakahara & Kleckner, sp. nov., Z. mielkeorum Dolibaina, Dias & Zacca, sp. nov. and Z. warreni Dias, Zacca & Dolibaina, sp. nov. In addition, a neotype is designated for Satyrus pacarus Godart, [1824], and lectotypes are designated for Euptychia amalda Weymer, 1911, Euptychia fumata Butler, 1867 and Euptychia saundersii Butler, 1867.
AB - All rights reserved. We provide the first comprehensive taxonomic revision of the poorly known South American butterfly genus Zischkaia Forster, 1964, hitherto regarded as including three described species. A phylogenetic analysis based on DNA sequence data shows that Zischkaia is monophyletic and consists of two morphologically diagnosable clades. Morphological characters and DNA ‘barcodes’ support the recognition of twelve species in the genus, a significant increase even for the relatively poorly studied subtribe Euptychiina. Consequently, nine new species are described and named herein, including Z. arctoa Nakahara, sp. nov., Z. chullachaki Nakahara & Zacca, sp. nov., Z. baku Zacca, Dolibaina & Dias, sp. nov., Z. arenisca Nakahara, Willmott & Hall, sp. nov., Z. argyrosflecha Nakahara, L. Miller & Huertas, sp. nov., Z. abanico Nakahara & Petit, sp. nov., Z. josti Nakahara & Kleckner, sp. nov., Z. mielkeorum Dolibaina, Dias & Zacca, sp. nov. and Z. warreni Dias, Zacca & Dolibaina, sp. nov. In addition, a neotype is designated for Satyrus pacarus Godart, [1824], and lectotypes are designated for Euptychia amalda Weymer, 1911, Euptychia fumata Butler, 1867 and Euptychia saundersii Butler, 1867.
KW - DNA “barcodes”
KW - Euptychiina
KW - Monophyletic
KW - Neotropical region
KW - Systematics
KW - Taxonomy
KW - DNA “barcodes”
KW - Euptychiina
KW - Monophyletic
KW - Neotropical region
KW - Systematics
KW - Taxonomy
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85073385345&origin=inward
U2 - 10.5852/ejt.2019.551
DO - 10.5852/ejt.2019.551
M3 - Article
SN - 2118-9773
VL - 2019
SP - 1
EP - 67
JO - European Journal of Taxonomy
JF - European Journal of Taxonomy
IS - 551
ER -