Comba, Zhang & Cong & Shen & Song & Grishin, 2024

Comba Grishin , new subgenus

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Type species. Hesperia wama Plötz, 1885 View in CoL .

Definition. Genomic analysis reveals that Kobrona Evans, 1935 View in CoL ( type species Plastingia kobros Plötz, 1885 ) is a genetically diverse genus ( Fig. 44), e.g., COI barcodes of the type species and Kobrona sebana M. Parsons, 1986 ( type locality in Papua New Guinea: Morobe District) differ by 8.1% (53 bp). Moreover, the newly described subgenus Arrhona subgen. n., renders the rest of Kobrona View in CoL paraphyletic, consisting of two other clades that represent other subgenera: the nominate subgenus sister to Arrhona and an unnamed one that includes K. sebana . For these two reasons, a morphologically distinct group of species that includes K. sebana constitutes an unnamed subgenus distinct from the nominate and Arrhona . This new subgenus keys to L. 12.1 in Evans (1949) and differs from its relatives by a combination of the following characters: terminally concave harpe densely decorated with bristles that give the distal margin appearance of a comb (as illustrated by Evans (1949) and Parsons (1986)); tapered, weakly divided uncus with knob- or tooth-like arms; long antennae, longer than ½ of the costal margin; shorter and stouter 3 rd segment of palpi; and rather produced, not rounded, forewings. In DNA, a combination of the following

T18C, aly84.12.3:A69T, aly349.41.4:G834A, and COI barcode: A25T, 38T, A88T, T187C, T190A, C328C.

Etymology. The name is given for the comb-like array of bristles at the distal and somewhat excavate margin of the valva. The name is a feminine noun in the nominative singular.

Species included. The type species (i.e., Hesperia wama Plötz, 1885 ), Kobrona croma Evans, 1949 , Kobrona denva Evans, 1949 , Kobrona edina Evans, 1949 , Kobrona idea Evans, 1949 , Kobrona pansa Evans, 1935 , Kobrona sebana M. Parsons, 1986 , and Kobrona vanda Evans, 1949 .

Parent taxon. Genus Kobrona Evans, 1935 .