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Mesothen

Number: 17724.0
Author: Druce
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53361#page/419/mode/2up
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Mesothen
Journal: Ann. Mag. nat. Hist.
Year: 1898
Homonym Count: 2.0
Page: 403
Ref Id: 1540.0
Series: (7)
Status: Available name
Subfamily: Subfamily unassigned
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Volume: 1
Type Country: [VENEZUELA]
Type Depository: (? Depository)
Type Locality: Mérida
Types: Type(s)
Type Des: by monotypy
Type Sp Author: Druce
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53361#page/418/mode/2up
Type Sp Journal: Ann. Mag. nat. Hist.
Type Sp Page: 403
Type Sp Series: (7)
Type Sp Volume: 1
Type Sp Year: 1898
Type Sp Ref Id: 1540.0
Type Sp Genus: Mesothen
Type Sp: ignea
Memo Links: ['http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=MESOTHEN', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctiidae']
Memo: Watson, Fletcher & Nye (1980) stated:- Mesothen probably originated from Hampson but was used and made nomenclaturally available by Druce prior to its proposal by Hampson, 1898 [December], as the name for a new genus.

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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