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.