Open AccessTaxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the genus Sophista Plötz, 1879 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) with description of a new species from north‐east Brazil
Author(s) -
Siewert Ricardo Russo,
Zacca Thamara,
Mielke Olaf Hermann Hendrik,
Casagrande Mirna Martins
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
zoological journal of the linnean society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.148
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1096-3642
pISSN - 0024-4082
DOI - 10.1111/zoj.12378
Subject(s) - biology , cladistics , subspecies , monophyly , synapomorphy , lepidoptera genitalia , taxon , zoology , taxonomy (biology) , key (lock) , genus , identification key , ecology , phylogenetics , clade , biochemistry , gene
A new species of Sophista Plötz, 1879 from north‐east Brazil (Bahia) is described: Sophista spectrum Siewert, Zacca, Mielke & Casagrande sp. nov. Thracides aristoteles Westwood, 1852 is designated as lectotype. The following taxonomic arrangements are proposed: Sophista plinius Plötz, 1882 stat. rest. [previously treated as a subspecies of Sophista aristoteles (Westwood, 1852)] and Sophista matto Evans, 1953 stat. nov. (originally described as a subspecies of Sophista latifasciata Spitz, 1930). Photos and illustrations of all taxa are provided, including the first description of the females of four species of Sophista . A catalogue, diagnosis, geographical distribution map, and a dichotomous key to the species of Sophista are also provided. The monophyly of Sophista was evaluated using a cladistics analysis based on morphological characters of the adults, and was recovered and supported by eight non‐ambiguous synapomorphies.