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Hesperia

Number: 13388.0
Author: Fabricius
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Hesperia
Journal: Entomologia systematica
Year: 1793
Homonym Count: 2.0
Page: 258
Part: (1)
Ref Id: 9553.0
Status: Available name
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Superfamily: Hesperioidea
Volume: 3
Type Country: See BHL scanned Type-species page
Type Des Ref Id: 1212.0
Type Des: by subsequent designation by
Type Des Author: Dalman
Type Des Year: 1816
Type Des Journal: K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl.
Type Des Title: Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar / Stockholm
Type Des Part: (2)
Type Des Page: 200
Type Des Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/107338#page/222/mode/2up
Type Sp Author: Linnaeus
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/506/mode/2up
Type Sp Journal: Systema Naturae
Type Sp Page: 484
Type Sp Series: (Edn 10)
Type Sp Volume: 1
Type Sp Year: 1758
Type Sp Ref Id: 3527.0
Type Sp Genus: Papilio
Type Sp: comma
Memo Links: ['http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesperiidae', 'http://www.ucl.ac.uk/taxome/gbn/Lamas_Genera_04ii08.xls', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127039', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=HESPERIA']
Memo: Hemming (1967) stated:- In the course of the long history of the name Hesperia Fabricius there have been periods in which widely separated species were regarded as being the type-species. The most confusing of these misusages was that of Papilio malvae Linnaeus as the type-species of this genus, for this involved also a complete misconception as to the content of the subfamily concerned. Full particulars regarding the nature and causes of these misconceptions were published by myself in 1934 (Gen. Names hol. Butts 1 : 170-172) ; these are not repeated or summarised here, as, in view of the universal acceptance now won for Dalman's selection of Papilio comma Linnaeus as type-species, these earlier controversies have lost their practical significance and are now of historical interest only. Hesperia Fabricius 1793, was proposed for placement on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Cowan 1978, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 35 (1) : 56. The Hesperiidae Latreille 1809, was proposed for placement on the Official list of Family-Group Names in Zoology by Cowan 1978, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 35 (1) : 56. HESPERIA was included within the subfamily HESPERIIDAE: HESPERIINAE by Ackery et al., in Kristensen (1999). The higher classification used here follows Lamas (2008).

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Dataset buttmoth
Dataset ID f8bc9b9c-009a-4689-bd01-ed621095c457
Resource Butterflies and Moths of the World
Resource ID c1727662-2d1e-426f-818c-d144552a747c