Taxonomic revision of Oz Grishin, 2022 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae: Pericharini)
Oz Grishin, 2022 was recently described based on molecular data. Hesperia saptine Godman & Salvin, 1879, type species of Lychnuchoides Godman, 1901, was included in Perichares Scudder, 1872, while Astictopterus ozias Hewitson, 1878 was transferred to Oz, along with Lychnuchoides sebastiani Salazar & Constantino, 2013. However, the latter was not included in the analysis. To provide a better diagnosis, this paper aims to revise all species of Oz. Based on a morphological study, this genus is redefined and now comprises three species: O. ozias (Hewitson, 1878), O. ozina (Evans, 1955) stat. nov. and O. sebastiani (Salazar & Constantino, 2013). A lectotype for Astictopterus ozias is designated herein.
Authors
- Mirna Martins Casagrande (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6076-8463)
- Ayane Suênia-Bastos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3443-745X)
- Olaf Hermann Hendrik Mielke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3655-4606)
Institutions
- Universidade Federal do Paraná (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia
- Published
- 2025-08-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2025.65.031
- Primary Topic
- Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico