Genus Symmetrodes Meyrick, 1886
- Symmetrodes Meyrick, E. 1886. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2-n.s. 1(3): 687-802 [703].
Type species:
Symmetrodes sciocosma Meyrick, 1888 (Watson et al. (1980)states: Symmetrodes was established for one species Lithosia nitens Walker, [1865] 1864, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 31: 231. After his redescription Meyrick added `In this instance I have identified Walker's species from description only, and it is possible I may be mistaken'. The following year Meyrick, 1888, established S. sciocosma as a new species for his misidentification L. nitens Walker sensu Meyrick, 1887, and added `I propose this name for the species which I identified from Walker's description as his Lithosia nitens; having since seen his specimens, I find the identification to be erroneous ...'. This is a case of misidentified type-species which under the Code, Article 70(a), should be referred to the Commission) by monotypy, see Meyrick, E. 1888. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2-n.s. 2(4): 835-928 [year of publication not confirmed] [920] (Watson et al. (1980) states: Symmetrodes was established for one species Lithosia nitens Walker, [1865] 1864, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 31: 231. After his redescription Meyrick added `In this instance I have identified Walker's species from description only, and it is possible I may be mistaken'. The following year Meyrick, 1888, established S. sciocosma as a new species for his misidentification L. nitens Walker sensu Meyrick, 1887, and added `I propose this name for the species which I identified from Walker's description as his Lithosia nitens; having since seen his specimens, I find the identification to be erroneous ...'. This is a case of misidentified type-species which under the Code, Article 70(a), should be referred to the Commission). - Symmftrodes Meyrick, E. 1886. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2-n.s. 1(3): 687-802 [703] [subsequent misspelling].
- Habrochroma Turner, A.J. 1940. A revision of the Australian Arctiidae (Lepidoptera). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 51: 51-131 [100].
Type species:
Asura ectophaea Hampson, 1900 by monotypy.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
IBRA
Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)
General References
Edwards, E.D. 1996. Arctiidae. pp.278-286 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [280] (Note #547: Symmetrodes Meyrick, 1886 was spelled two ways in the original description. Symmetrodes Meyrick and Symmftrodes Meyrick, the latter is an evident misprint. Hampson (1900) adopted the former and did not mention the latter. Symmetrodes Meyrick is here given priority.)
History of changes
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