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Nycterobius

Number: 19865.0
Author: Freeman
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Nycterobius
Journal: Life of Kirby
Year: 1852
Homonym Count: 2.0
Page: 227
Ref Id: 1933.0
Status: Nomen nudum
Superfamily: Gelechioidea
Memo Links: ['http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xyloryctidae', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=NYCTEROBIUS']
Memo: Nye & Fletcher (1991) stated:- A nomen nudum, published without a diagnosis or included nominal species. Nycterobius was subsequently published in the sunonymy of Cryptophasa Lewin, 1805, by Boisduval, 1832, in d'Urville, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe 1: 229 (but cited as "Nycterobius Maclaey"); * Nycterobius was not subsequently treated as an available name and so remained an unavailable name under the Code (Edn 3), Article 11(e). * Nycterobius was again published as a nomen nudum by Freeman, 1852, Life of Kirby: 227 See also: * Nycterobia Kirby, 1815.

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