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Epiphora

Number: 10123.0
Author: Wallengren
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105466#page/192/mode/2up
Family: Saturniidae
Genus: Epiphora
Journal: K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl.
Year: 1865
Homonym Count: 2.0
Page: 26
Part: (4)
Ref Id: 6231.0
Series: (n.f.)
Status: Junior homonym & objective synonym
Subfamily: Saturniinae
Superfamily: Bombycoidea
Volume: 5
Senior Syn: EPIPHORA
Senior Syn Author: Wallengren
Senior Syn Page: 167
Senior Syn Year: 1860
Type Country: [SOUTH AFRICA]
Type Depository: (? Depository)
Type Locality: Caffraria
Types: Type(s)
Type Des: by monotypy
Type Sp Author: Wallengren
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/97825#page/176/mode/2up
Type Sp Journal: Wien. ent. Monatschr.
Type Sp Page: 167
Type Sp Volume: 4
Type Sp Year: 1860
Type Sp Ref Id: 6225.0
Type Sp Genus: Epiphora
Type Sp: scribonia
Memo Links: ['http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=EPIPHORA', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturniidae']
Memo: Fletcher & Nye (1982) stated:- Epiphora was originally published without any indication that it was a new generic name, even though the type-species that was described on the same page was marked `sp. n.'. Epiphora was again published by Wellengren, 1865, K. svenska vetenskAkad. Handl. (N.F.) 5 (4): 26, when it was described and formally proposed as a new genus. E. scribonia is a junior subjective synonym of Saturnia mythimnia Westwood, 1849, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1849: 40, pl

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