Electra
| Number: | 9520.0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Author: | Stephens | |
| Bhl Page: | http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37014#page/592/mode/2up | |
| Family: | Geometridae | |
| Genus: | Electra | |
| Journal: | Syst. Cat. Br. Insects | |
| Year: | 1829 | |
| Homonym Count: | 4.0 | |
| Page: | 135 | |
| Part: | (Insecta Haustellata) | |
| Ref Id: | 5553.0 | |
| Status: | Junior homonym & objective synonym | |
| Subfamily: | Larentiinae | |
| Superfamily: | Geometroidea | |
| Senior Syn: | PELURGA | |
| Senior Syn Author: | Hübner | |
| Senior Syn Page: | 335 | |
| Senior Syn Year: | 1825 | |
| 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: | 102 | |
| Type Des Bhl Page: | http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45812#page/708/mode/2up | |
| Type Sp Author: | Linnaeus | |
| Type Sp Bhl Page: | http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/548/mode/2up | |
| Type Sp Journal: | Systema Naturae | |
| Type Sp Page: | 526 | |
| 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: | comitata | |
| Memo Links: | ['http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=ELECTRA', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometridae'] | |
| Memo: | Fletcher (1979) stated:- A junior homonym of Electra Lamouroux, 1816, Hist. Polypiers coralligènes flexibles: 120 - Bryozoa, and a junior objective synonym of Pelurga Hübner, [1825]. Invalid designation of type-species: Phalaena populata Linnaeus, 1758, was designated by Boisduval, 1836, Hist. nat. Insectes (Spec. gén. Lépid.) 1: 146. In the Introduction to the volume, pages 1-154, Boisduval reviewed earlier classifications of Lepidoptera and designated as many as four 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 that he himself used. Under Article 69(a)(iii) of the Code, the type-designation of the author is eligible for consideration if he states that it is the type`...and if it is clear that he himself accepts it as the type-species'. Boisduval's type-designation, although clearly stated, do not fulfil the last requirement and so are invalid. Even though Boisduval's 1836 work was well known to lepidopterists, the type-species designations contained in it have not been accepted, either by Hemming or by other authors. The acceptance of Boisduval's type-species designation in the case of Electra would result in the transfer of the name from the objective synonymy of Pelurga Hübner, [1825], to the objective synonymy of Lygris Hübner, [1825]. Electra was again proposed by Stephens, 1829 [July], Syst. Cat. Br. Insects (2): 135; and 1831, Illust. Br. Ent. (Haustellata) 3: 238. See: PELURGA Hübner, [1825] 1816. |
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