Bralus Grishin, 2019

Bralus Grishin , new genus

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Type species. Anisochoria albida Mabille, 1888 View in CoL .

Definition. A genus related to Zopyrion Godman and Salvin, 1896 View in CoL ( type species Zopyrion sandace Godman and Salvin, [1896] View in CoL ), Timochreon Godman and Salvin, 1896 View in CoL ( type species Helias satyrus View in CoL C. and R. Felder, [1867]), and Anisochoria Mabille, 1876 View in CoL ( type species Anisochoria polysticta Mabille, 1876 View in CoL , now considered a subspecies of Anisochoria pedaliodina (Butler, 1870)) View in CoL with its junior subjective synonym Dicrosema Bryk, 1953 ( type species Dicrosema quadrifenestrata Bryk, 1953 ), but without obvious affinity to either one of these genera ( Fig. 7 View Figure 7 ). Keys to E. 59.8 in Evans (1953). Morphologically, distinguished from its relatives by almost symmetric valvae with smaller unmodified harpe, ampulla without a process (just with a small knob), and uncus with a pair of short and thin processes at its distal end, between the arms that are widely set apart. Hindwing above with a wide whitish area. In DNA, a combination of the following base pairs is diagnostic: aly8048.1.4:A65G, aly3881.2.1:A178G, aly1097.18.4:G805C, aly 1443.3.4:T238T (not G), aly 1443.3.4:C239C (not A), aly890.35.8:T164T (not A).

Etymology. The name, a masculine noun in the nominative singular, is a fusion of br [unneis], a [lbum], and lu [teu] s: the three colors of the type species.

Species included. Only the type species.

Parent taxon. Tribe Pyrgini Burmeister, 1878 .

Comments. Yet another genus that would be difficult to detect without DNA analysis.