Attacus
| Number: | 3222.0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Author: | Linnaeus | |
| Bhl Page: | http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/516/mode/2up | |
| Family: | Saturniidae | |
| Genus: | Attacus | |
| Journal: | Systema Naturae | |
| Year: | 1767 | |
| Homonym Count: | 1.0 | |
| Page: | 808 | |
| Part: | (2) | |
| Ref Id: | 11741.0 | |
| Series: | (Edn 12) | |
| Status: | Available name | |
| Subfamily: | Saturniinae | |
| Superfamily: | Bombycoidea | |
| Volume: | 1 | |
| Type Country: | ASIA | |
| Type Depository: | (? Depository) | |
| Type Locality: | ? Locality | |
| Types: | Type(s) | |
| Type Des Ref Id: | 5731.0 | |
| Type Des: | by subsequent designation by | |
| Type Des Author: | Int. Commn zool. Nom. | |
| Type Des Year: | 1957 | |
| Type Des Journal: | Opin. Decl. int. Commn zool. Nom. | |
| Type Des Title: | Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature | |
| Type Des Volume: | 15 | |
| Type Des Page: | 253 (Opinion 450) | |
| Type Des Bhl Page: | http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/107765#page/308/mode/2up | |
| Type Sp Author: | Linnaeus | |
| Type Sp Bhl Page: | http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/516/mode/2up | |
| Type Sp Journal: | Systema Naturae | |
| Type Sp Page: | 495 | |
| Type Sp Series: | (Edn 10) | |
| Type Sp Volume: | 1 | |
| Type Sp Year: | 1758 | |
| Type Sp Ref Id: | 3527.0 | |
| Type Sp Genus: | Phalaena | |
| Type Sp: | atlas | |
| Memo Links: | ['http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=ATTACUS', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturniidae'] | |
| Memo: | Fletcher & Nye (1982) stated:- Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology: Name No.1063, with Phalaena atlas designated as type-species under the plenary powers of the Commission. Neave, 1939, Nomencl. zool. 1: 352, cited `Attacus Germar 1811' as the first available use of this name. | |
| Type Comments: | America was also listed by Linnaeus as a locality for A. atlas, but this was an error for the species does not occur in the New World. |
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