Nomenclatural studies toward a world catalog of Diptera genus-group names. III. Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann
EVENHUIS, NEAL L.
PONT, ADRIAN C.
Zootaxa
2013
2013-04-16
3638
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925RD
Wiedemann, 1824: 18
Wiedemann
18
1824
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Insecta
Notodontidae
Colax
Animalia
Lepidoptera
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27
Arthropoda
genus
ORIGINALLY INCLUDED SPECIES: Colax macula Wiedemann, 1824; Colax iavanus Wiedemann, 1824.
TYPESPECIES: Colax macula Wiedemann, 1824, by subsequent designation ( Lucas, 1837: 227). CURRENT STATUS: Preoccupied by Hübner, 1816; senior (but invalid) synonym of AtriadopsWandolleck, 1897[ teste Sabrosky (1999: 95)].
FAMILY: NEMESTRINIDAE.
REMARKS: Bowden (1980: 376)listed the typespecies as Colax macula Wiedemann, 1824by subsequent designation of Blanchard (1840: 608), but this was later. Research conducted in this study has found that the earliest valid typespecies designation for Colaxis of Colax macula Wiedemann, 1824by Lucas (1837: 227).