Microsetia
| Number: | 18181.0 | |
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| Author: | Stephens | |
| Bhl Page: | http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/110543#page/58/mode/2up | |
| Family: | Gelechiidae | |
| Genus: | Microsetia | |
| Journal: | Nom. Br. Ins. | |
| Year: | 1829 | |
| Homonym Count: | 3.0 | |
| Page: | 49 | |
| Ref Id: | 11265.0 | |
| Status: | Available name | |
| Subfamily: | Subfamily unassigned | |
| Superfamily: | Gelechioidea | |
| Type Country: | See BHL scanned Type-species page | |
| Type Des Ref Id: | 6444.0 | |
| Type Des: | by subsequent designation by | |
| Type Des Author: | Westwood | |
| Type Des Year: | 1840 | |
| Type Des Journal: | Introd. mod. Classif. Insects | |
| Type Des Title: | An introduction to the modern classification of insects; founded on the natural habits and corresponding organisation of the different families / by J. O. Westwood | |
| Type Des Volume: | 2 | |
| Type Des Part: | (Synopsis Genera Br. Insects) | |
| Type Des Page: | 112 | |
| Type Des Bhl Page: | http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45812#page/718/mode/2up | |
| Type Sp Author: | Linnaeus | |
| Type Sp Bhl Page: | http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/89072#page/212/mode/2up | |
| Type Sp Journal: | Samml. eur. Schmett. | |
| Type Sp Page: | 57, pl.20 fig.138 | |
| Type Sp Page Comment: | [= Tinea sexguttella Thunberg, 1794, Diss. ent. sistens Insecta Suecica (7): 88, fig.6] | |
| Type Sp Volume: | 8 | |
| Type Sp Year: | 1796 | |
| Type Sp Ref Id: | 7751.0 | |
| Type Sp Genus: | Phalaena | |
| Type Sp: | stipella | |
| Memo Links: | ['http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelechiidae', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=MICROSETIA'] | |
| Memo: | Nye & Fletcher (1991) stated:- The type-species was included by Stephens as "Stipella Hüb." and cited by Westwood as "T. Stipella Hubn." i.e., Tinea stipella as used by Hübner, 1796, Samml. eur. Schmett. 8: 57, pl.20 fig.138, which was a misidentification of Phalaena stipella Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 539, - Oecophoridae. Benander, 1946, Opusc. ent. 11: 44, 78, treated "P. stipella Hb." as a junior synonym of T. sexguttella Thunberg. Under the Code (Edn 3), Article 70(b), the case of a misidentified type-species is to be referred to as type-species whichever nominal species will "best serve stability and universality of nomenclature". We suggest that the Commission be asked to designate as the type-species of Microsetia Stephens the nominal species actually involved, namely Tinea sexguttella Thunberg, 1794. Unavailable designation of type-Species Tinea guttella Hübner, 1796, was designated by Boisduval, 1836, Hist. nat. Insectes (Spec. gén. Lépid.) 1: 138. In the Introduction to the volume, pages 1-154, Boisduval reviewed earlier classifications of lepidoptera and designated as many as three different type-species for each generic name. In his "Exposé de notre Méthode", pages 155-690, no type-species designation was made for any of the genera he himself used. Under the Code (Edn 3), Article 69(a)(iv), the type-species designation of an author is eligible for consideration if he states that it is the type".. and if it is clear that the author accepts it as the type-species". Boisdival's type designation, although clearly stated, do not fufill the last requirement and so are unavailable. Even though Boisduval's 1836 work was well known to lepidopterists, the type-designation contained in a have not been accepted by Hemming or by other authors. Microsetia was again proposed by Stephens, 1829 [July], Syst. Cat. Br. Insects (2): 207, and by Stephens, 1834, Illust. Br. Ent. (Haustellata) 4: 263. See also: * Microsetia Keifer, 1937; * Microsteia Popescu-Gorj & Nemes, 1965; * Miorosetia Fletcher, 1929; Nannodia Heinemann, 1870. |
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