Dumbletonius

Dumbletonius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hepialoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Exoporia Superfamilia: Hepialoidea

Familia: Hepialidae
Genus: Dumbletonius
Synonyms (1): ?Trioxycanus

Species (2): D. characterifer – D. unimaculatus
In synonymy (2): D. impletus – D. sylvicola

Name

• Dumbletonius Dugdale, 1986
  • Type species: Dumbletonius sylvicola Dugdale, 1986 [=Porina unimaculata Salmon, 1948]
    • Fixation: original designation
  • NOTE: The nomenclature is a mess!

References

Primary references

• Dugdale, J.S. 1986. Trioxycanus Dumbleton, 1966 (Lepidoptera), a genus based on a misidentified type species, with proposal of new names for the taxonomic genus and species involved. Z.N.(S.) 2462. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 43(1): 46–49. BHL. Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 48]

Additional references

• Dugdale, J.S. 1988. Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa. Fauna of New Zealand 14: 264 pp. Online (PDF available). Reference page. 
• Dugdale, J.S. 1994. Hepialidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Fauna of New Zealand (30) Extract and PDF Reference page. 
• Nielsen, E.S. ; G.S. Robinson & D.L. Wagner, 2000: Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera). Journal of Natural History 34 (6): 823–878.