Prototheora merga

Taxonavigation edit

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: Prototheoridae
Genus: Prototheora
Species: Prototheora merga

Name edit

Prototheora merga Davis, 1996: 433

Type locality: South Africa, Cape Province, Groebal River, Schoemanspoort Caravan Camp, ca 18 km N of Oudtshoorn, 700 m.

Holotype: USNM. male ♂. 17.III.1978. legit D. & M. Davis, B. Akerbergs. genitalia slide USNM 29909♂

References edit

Primary references edit

Additional references edit

  • Nielsen, E.S.; Robinson, G.S.; Wagner, D.L. 2000: Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera). Journal of natural history, 34: 823–878. DOI: 10.1080/002229300299282