Melania
| Number: | 17425.0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Author: | Wallengren | |
| Bhl Page: | http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/98239#page/154/mode/2up | |
| Family: | Arctiidae | |
| Genus: | Melania | |
| Journal: | Wien. ent. Monatschr. | |
| Year: | 1863 | |
| Homonym Count: | 2.0 | |
| Page: | 145 [key], 146 | |
| Ref Id: | 6230.0 | |
| Status: | Junior homonym | |
| Subfamily: | Lithosiinae | |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea | |
| Volume: | 7 | |
| Senior Syn: | SICCIA | |
| Senior Syn Author: | Walker | |
| Senior Syn Page: | 539 | |
| Senior Syn Year: | 1854 | |
| Type Country: | [SOUTH AFRICA] | |
| Type Depository: | (? Depository) | |
| Type Locality: | Caffraria | |
| Types: | Type(s) | |
| Type Des Ref Id: | 2358.0 | |
| Type Des: | by subsequent designation by | |
| Type Des Author: | Hampson | |
| Type Des Year: | 1900 | |
| Type Des Journal: | Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. | |
| Type Des Title: | Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum Natural History / London | |
| Type Des Volume: | 2 | |
| Type Des Page: | 389 | |
| Type Des Comment: | (as a junior name of caffra Wlk.) | |
| Type Des Bhl Page: | http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103292#page/414/mode/2up | |
| Type Sp Author: | Wallengren | |
| Type Sp Bhl Page: | http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/97825#page/56/mode/2up | |
| Type Sp Journal: | Wien. ent. Monatschr. | |
| Type Sp Page: | 46 | |
| Type Sp Volume: | 4 | |
| Type Sp Year: | 1860 | |
| Type Sp Ref Id: | 6225.0 | |
| Type Sp Genus: | Lithosia | |
| Type Sp: | nigropunctata | |
| Memo Links: | ['http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=MELANIA', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctiidae'] | |
| Memo: | Watson, Fletcher & Nye (1980) stated:- but cited as Siccia caffra Walker, 1854, a nominal species not originally included in Melania. Hampson, on page 390, placed caffra as the senior synonym of nigropunctata, a nominal species originally included in Melania. Under the Code, Article 69(a)(iv), this designation constitutes the fixation of the originally included nominal species as the type-species. A junior homonym of Melania Lamarck, [1799], Mém. Soc. Hist. nat. Paris [1]: 75. There is no objective replacement name but L. nigropunctata Wallengren, thr type-species of Melania Wallengren, is a junior subjective synonym of S. caffra Walker, the latter is therefore available for use as a subjective replacement name. Melania was redescribed by Wallengren in 1865, K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 5 (4): 40. |
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