Psycharium
| Number: | 24957.0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Author: | Herrich-Schäffer | |
| Family: | Somabrachyidae | |
| Genus: | Psycharium | |
| Journal: | Samml. aussereurop. Schmett. | |
| Page Comment: | [1858], ibidem 1: 76 | |
| Year: | 1856 | |
| Homonym Count: | 1.0 | |
| Page: | wrapper, pl.80, fig.461 | |
| Ref Id: | 2650.0 | |
| Status: | Available name | |
| Superfamily: | Zygaenoidea | |
| Volume: | 1 | |
| Type Country: | [SOUTH AFRICA] | |
| Type Depository: | (? Depository) | |
| Type Locality: | `Afr.?' | |
| Types: | Type(s) | |
| Type Des: | by monotypy | |
| Type Sp Author: | Herrich-Schäffer | |
| Type Sp Bhl Page: | http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105037#page/90/mode/2up | |
| Type Sp Journal: | Samml. aussereurop. Schmett. | |
| Type Sp Page: | wrapper, pl.80, fig.461 | |
| Type Sp Page Comment: | ; [1858], ibidem 1: 76 | |
| Type Sp Volume: | 1 | |
| Type Sp Year: | 1856 | |
| Type Sp Ref Id: | 2650.0 | |
| Type Sp Genus: | Psycharium | |
| Type Sp: | pellucens | |
| Memo Links: | ['http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somabrachyidae', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=PSYCHARIUM'] | |
| Memo: | Watson, Fletcher & Nye (1980) stated:- Psycharium when established was not placed in a family; it was placed in the Liparidae, now Lymantriidae, by Kirby, 1892, Synonymic Cat. Lepid. Heterocera 1: 498; was transferred to the Megalopygidae by Aurivillius, 1894, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 7: 189; was placed in the Arctiadae, now Arctiidae by Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 451; was transferred to the Zygaenidae by Jordan, 1928, Novit. zool. 34: 136; and was transferred to the Somabrachyidae by Tremewan, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. Fletcher & Nye (1982) stated:- Psycharium when established was not placed in a family; it was placed in the Liparidae, now Lymantriidae, by Kirby, 1892, Synonymic Cat. Lepid. Heterocera 1: 498; it was placed in the Megalopygidae by Aurivillius, 1894, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 7: 189; it was placed in the Arctiadae, now Arctiidae, by Hampson, 1900, Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 2: 63, but was retained in the Megalopygidae by Dyar & Strand, 1913, in Wagner, Lepid. Cat. 16: 22, and by Hopp, 1928, in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 14: 445; it was transferred to the Zygaenidae by Jordan, 1928, Novit. zool. 34: 136, and was transferred to the Somabrachyidae by Tremewan, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28: 139. On the advice of our colleague, Mr D.J. Carter, who has examined larvae of Psycharium, the genus is retained in the Megalopygidae in this catalogue. PSYCHARIUM was included within the family SOMABRACHYIDAE by Epstein et al., in Kris |
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