Ornithopterus
| Number: | 20574.0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Author: | Westwood | |
| Bhl Page: | http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45812#page/366/mode/2up | |
| Family: | Papilionidae | |
| Genus: | Ornithopterus | |
| Journal: | Introd. mod. Classif. Insects | |
| Year: | 1839 | |
| Homonym Count: | 1.0 | |
| Of Value: | ; | |
| Page: | 348 | |
| Ref Id: | 6443.0 | |
| Status: | Incorrect subsequent spelling | |
| Subfamily: | Papilioninae | |
| Subtribe: | Troidina | |
| Superfamily: | Papilionoidea | |
| Tribe: | Troidini | |
| Volume: | 2 | |
| Senior Syn: | ORNITHOPTERA | |
| Senior Syn Author: | Boisduval | |
| Senior Syn Page: | 33 | |
| Senior Syn Year: | 1832 | |
| Memo Links: | ['http://www.ucl.ac.uk/taxome/gbn/Lamas_Genera_04ii08.xls', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127039', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=ORNITHOPTERUS', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papilionidae'] | |
| Memo: | Hemming (1967) stated:- An Unjustified Emendation of Ornithoptera Boisduval, [1832]. It is clear that the spelling Ornithopterus was a deliberate variant by Westwood of the spelling Ornithoptera previously used by Boisduval. Nominal genera bearing names which are emendations of earlier names automatically take as their type-species the species which is the type-species of the genus, the name of which is so amended, in this case, Papilio priamus Linnaeus, the type-species of the genus Ornithoptera Boisduval, [1832]. Westwood did not cite Papilio priamus (mentioning only what he called Ornithopterus amphrisius Horsfield) but this does not affect the fact that, for the reason explained above, that species is automatically the type-species of Ornithopterus Westwood. Cowan (1970: 37) stated:- "ORNITHOPTERUS" Westwood, 1840. An Incorrect Subsequent Spelling of Ornithoptera Boisduval, 1832. Westwood casually mentioned this name when discussing "the larvae of the restricted genus Papilio (excluding Ornithopterus)". There is no indication that this is other than a lapses. On the following page he used "Ornithopteri". The higher classification used here follows Lamas (2008). |
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