Farynala Dworakowska, 1970
FarynaladextraYan & Yang, 2017
Farynala
dextra Yan & Yang, 2017: 520.
Farynala
sinistraYan & Yang, 2017: 520 syn. nov.
Note.Yan
& Yang (2017) described the species ofFarynala
sinistra and Farynala dextra , distinguishing them according to
numbers of macrosetae on the pygofer side and the orientation of the
aedeagal processes being opposite such that they appear to be mirror
images of one another. Our current phylogenetic results (Figures S1‒S5)
and the small genetic distance between these two taxa based on COX1
p‒distance=0.51%
strongly indicates that these taxa are conspecific. Thus, the two
species names are here treated as synonyms.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This
research was supported by the
National
Natural Science Foundation of China (grant numbers
31672335,
31802002);
the
Excellent
Innovation Talents, Guizhou Province, China [No.
20164022];
the Basic Research Program (the natural science projects), Guizhou
Province, China [No.
ZK[2022]125]. We are deeply
indebted to our colleagues for collecting the studied specimens,
including Chang Han, Lan Zhang, Likun Zhong, Nian Gong, Rui Shi, Siyuan
Xu, Yu Yang, Xianyi Wang, Xiaoli Xu, Yan Jiang, Zaihua Yang (all from
Guizhou University, Guiyang, China). We are grateful to Chang Han and
Rui Shi who kindly help us to examine specimens and take photos for
forewing and hind wing. We would like to thank Dr. Feng Zhang (Nanjing
Agricultural University, Nanjing, China) for technical assistance and
checking the English.