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Zootaxa. 2024 Mar 5;5419(1):145-150. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5419.1.8.
We found Albiphasma heringi (Mell, 1922) and A. pieridoides (Liu & Gu, 1994) to be conspecific by the 658 bp COI gene sequences and male genitalia characters. Considering the distinguishable wing patterns and allopatric distribution of the two taxa, we treat pieridoides as a subspecies of heringi. Therefore, the genus Albiphasma Huang, Chiba, Wang and Fan, 2016, which was established for heringi and pieridoides, becomes monotypic, and in light of morphological similarities and close genetic distance between heringi and Pintara bowringi (Joicey & Talbot, 1921), we propose its synonymy with Pintara Evans, 1932. The adults and male genitalia of both P. heringi heringi (Mell, 1922) and P. heringi pieridoides (Liu & Gu, 1994) are illustrated.
我们发现 Albiphasma heringi（Mell，1922）和 A. pieridoides（Liu & Gu，1994）在 658bp COI 基因序列和雄性生殖器特征上是同一种。考虑到这两个分类群具有明显不同的翅膀图案和分布区域，我们将 pieridoides 视为 heringi 的亚种。因此，Albiphasma Huang，Chiba，Wang 和 Fan，2016 属，原本是为 heringi 和 pieridoides 而建立的，变成了单型属，并且鉴于 heringi 和 Pintara bowringi（Joicey & Talbot，1921）之间的形态相似和遗传距离较近，我们提议将其与 Pintara Evans，1932 合并。我们还对 P. heringi heringi（Mell，1922）和 P. heringi pieridoides（Liu & Gu，1994）的成虫和雄性生殖器进行了说明。
