Burnsius is a genus of New World checkered-skippers in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. The genus was erected by Nick V. Grishin in 2019.
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| male B. orcus, Tobago | |
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| female B. orcus, Colombia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Pyrginae |
| Tribe: | Pyrgini |
| Genus: | Burnsius Grishin, 2019 |
As a result of a 2019 study of the genomes of 250 representative species of skippers, the genus Burnsius was created to contain 12 related species formerly in the genus Pyrgus.[1] As of 2022, there were 14 species in Burnsius.[2]
Species edit
These 14 species belong to the genus Burnsius:[2][3]
- Burnsius adepta (Plötz, 1884) (Central American checkered-skipper)
- Burnsius albezens Grishin, 2022 (White checkered-skipper)
- Burnsius brenda (Evans, 1942) (Brenda checkered-skipper)
- Burnsius burnsi Grishin, 2022 (Burns' checkered-skipper)
- Burnsius chloe (Evans, 1942) (Chloe checkered-skipper)
- Burnsius communis (Grote, 1872) (common checkered skipper)
- Burnsius crisia (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865) (Antillean checkered-skipper)
- Burnsius notatus (Blanchard, 1852)
- Burnsius oileus (Linnaeus, 1767) (tropical checkered skipper)
- Burnsius orcus (Stoll, 1780) (orcus checkered-skipper)
- Burnsius orcynoides (Giacomelli, 1928)
- Burnsius orcynus Grishin, 2022
- Burnsius philetas (Edwards, 1881) (desert checkered-skipper)
- Burnsius titicaca (Reverdin, 1921) (Peruvian checkered-skipper)
References edit
- ^ Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; Hallwachs, Winnie; Janzen, Daniel H.; Grishin, Nick V. (2019). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13): 6232–6237. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.6232L. doi:10.1073/pnas.1821304116. PMC 6442542. PMID 30877254.
- ^ a b Zhang, J; Cong, Q; Burns, JM; Grishin, NV (2022). "Checking the checkered taxonomy of Plötz's checkered skippers (Hesperiidae: Pyrgini)". Taxon Rep Int Lepid Surv. 10 (5): 5. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6510282. PMC 9076161. PMID 35530660.
- ^ Pelham, Jonathan P. (2021). A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada (Report).
Further reading edit
- Pelham, Jonathan P. (2008). "A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature". The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. 40: 1–658. doi:10.5962/p.332201. ISSN 0022-4324. S2CID 248737151.
- Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
- Warren, Andrew D.; Ogawa, Joshua R.; Brower, Andrew V. Z. (2009). "Revised classification of the family Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea) based on combined molecular and morphological data". Systematic Entomology. 34 (3): 467–523. Bibcode:2009SysEn..34..467W. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00463.x. S2CID 83800312.
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