%0 Journal Article
%T Contribution to the Knowledge of the Afrotropical Spilomelinae (Lepidoptera, Crambidae): A New Genus in the Tribe Nomophilini Kuznetzov &amp; Stekolnikov 1979 Based on Morphology and DNA Barcoding
%A Michael Seizmair
%J Advances in Entomology
%P 155-169
%@ 2331-2017
%D 2024
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ae.2024.123012
%X The new genus &lt;i&gt;Parathrausta&lt;/i&gt; &lt;b&gt;gen.n.&lt;/b&gt; in the subfamily Spilomelinae (Lepidoptera, Crambidae) is erected based on a series of specimens collected in the Afrotropical region of Saudi Arabia. The new genus is monotypical, with &lt;i&gt;Parathrausta&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;i&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;n&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;ternervalis&lt;/i&gt; &lt;b&gt;sp.n.&lt;/b&gt; its type species. The adults of the type species, the male genitalia, the female genitalia and the tympanal organs are described and figured. The new genus is recognized as related by characters in the male and female genitalia with genera in the tribes Steniini Guin&amp;#233;e, 1854 and Nomophilini Kuznetzov &amp; Stekolnikov, 1979, namely with &lt;i&gt;Bradina&lt;/i&gt; Lederer, 1863, &lt;i&gt;Perisyntrocha&lt;/i&gt; Meyrick, 1894, &lt;i&gt;Diathrausta&lt;/i&gt; Lederer, 1863, &lt;i&gt;Diasemiopsis&lt;/i&gt; Munroe, 1957, &lt;i&gt;Diasemiodes&lt;/i&gt; Munroe, 1957 and with the genera in the &lt;i&gt;Duponchelia&lt;/i&gt; Zeller, 1847 group comprising &lt;i&gt;Duponchelia&lt;/i&gt; Zeller, 1847, &lt;i&gt;Penestola&lt;/i&gt; M&amp;#246;schler, 1890, &lt;i&gt;Tatobotys&lt;/i&gt; Butler, 1880 and &lt;i&gt;Hymenoptychis&lt;/i&gt; Zeller, 1852. The character states differentiating the new genus from the comparative genera are discussed. Potential autapomorphies of the new genus are listed. The tribal assignment of the new genus to the Nomophilini Kuznetzov &amp; Stekolnikov, 1979 based on morphological characters is discussed. The support of the tribal and cladistic assignment of the new genus as a sister clade to &lt;i&gt;Diathrausta&lt;/i&gt; Lederer, 1863 based phylogenetic analyses (NJ, MP and ML) is shown. An unusually strong genetic divergence of the genus in the COI segment of the mt-DNA based on the Tamura-Nei distance measure from the morphologically related genera is recognized and addressed.
%K Pyraloidea
%K Taxonomy
%K Morphology
%K COI
%K New Genus
%K New Species
%K Arabian Peninsula
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=133764