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Family EDBAKERELLIDAE André, 2004

Introduction

The name of this family has been subject to some nomenclatural complications. The genus Triophtydeus Thor, 1932 was traditionally placed in the family Tydeidae. André (1979, 1980) then revised the Tydeidae and established the new family-group name Triophtydeinae. Unfortunately André (1979, 1980) specifically excluded the genus Triophtydeus from the subfamily Triophtydeinae and the family Tydeidae. The family-group name Triophtydeinae is therefore not available, because it is not based on the name of an included genus (International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, Articles 11.7.1.1 and 13.2). André (1979, 1980) also established the subfamily Meyerellinae, apparently with type genus Meyerella Baker, 1968. André & Fain (2000) promoted the subfamily Meyerellinae to the family level, to include the subfamilies Meyerellinae and Triophtydeinae. The name Meyerellidae therefore appears to be available as a name for the family that includes Triophtydeus. However, Meyerellidae is also unavailable, because the name of its type genus, Meyerella Baker, 1968, is a junior homonym of Meyerella Gray, 1872 (Porifera) (International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, Article 39). André (2004) proposed Edbakerella as a replacement name for Meyerella Baker, 1968, and Edbakerellidae as a replacement name for Meyerellidae, and this therefore becomes the valid name of the family. Walter et al. (2009) used the unavailable name Triophtydeidae for this family.

The family includes about 40 species found in soil, under bark, and on plants, but their biology is almost completely unknown (Walter et al 2009). The family is known in Australia only from scattered records of unidentified species in the genus Triophtydeus collected on plants and in soil.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
07-May-2013 07-May-2013 MODIFIED
15-May-2011 ADDED