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Perisama xanthica Zubek & Wahlberg & Boyer & Lorenc-Brudecka & Mahecha-J & Pyrcz 2025, stat. rev.

Year: 2025

Type: other

Abstract: Perisama xanthica (Hewitson, 1868), stat. rev. Perisama xanthica is a very distinctive species, with a relatively low interspecific diversity. It was described as Catagramma xanthica by Hewitson (1868) and considered a subspecies of P. oppelii by Lamas (2004). Its specific status was reinstated by Attal-and-Crosson du Cormier (2010), but Zubek et al. (2015) again down-ranked it to a subspecies of P. oppelii taking into account the absence of any significant differences in the morphology of male genitalia, including the hypandrium, or wing colour patterns, except from the more vivid, yellow-orange shade of the HWV in P. xanthica. However, our molecular data clearly show that P. xanthica and P. oppelii are separate species. Their genetic distance is very high, ranging from 8.6%–9.4 %. Considered this, the specific status of P. xanthica is hereby formally reinstated.

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15477725

Authors: Zubek, Anna, Wahlberg, Niklas, Boyer, Pierre, Lorenc-Brudecka, Jadwiga, Mahecha-J, Oscar, Pyrcz, Tomasz

Institutions: Jagiellonian University, Lund University, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas

Language: English

Topic: Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy

Subfield: Genetics

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W6911993406

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