Genus Eumelea Duncan & Westwood, 1841

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• Eumelea Duncan, J. [& Westwood, J.O.] 1841. Entomology. Exotic moths. 1-229, 30 pls in Jardine, W. (ed.). The Naturalist's Library. London : Henry G. Bohn Vol. 33 229 pp. 30 pls. [215] [Eumelea Duncan [& Westwood], 1841 was also originally spelled Eumelia Duncan [& Westwood], 1841. Priority was given to Eumelea by Warren (1894: 375) as first reviser].

  Type species:

   Phalaena rosalia Stoll, 1781 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Warren, W. 1894. New genera and species of Geometridae. Novitates Zoologicae 1: 366-466 [375].
• Eumelia; Duncan & Westwood, 1841 [orig. misspel. Eumelea Duncan [& Westwood], 1841 was also originally spelled Eumelia Duncan [& Westwood], 1841. Priority was given to Eumelea by Warren (1894: 375) as first reviser].

  Secondary source:

   Duncan, J. [& Westwood, J.O.] 1841. Entomology. Exotic moths. 1-229, 30 pls in Jardine, W. (ed.). The Naturalist's Library. London : Henry G. Bohn Vol. 33 229 pp. 30 pls. [339, pl. 29].
• Palibothra Herrich-Schäffer, G.A.W. 1855. Systematischer Bearbeitung, &c. dessen neuen Schmetterlingen aus Europa, &c. dann der von Hübner abgebildeten Raupen, &c. Regensburg Vol. 6 pp. [106, 118].

  Type species:

   Phalaena rosalia Stoll, 1781 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Warren, W. 1894. New genera and species of Geometridae. Novitates Zoologicae 1: 366-466 [375]

Introduction

Beljaev (2008, cited in Ban et al. 2018) considered Eumelea be a member of Geometrinae on the basis of the skeleto-muscular structure of the male genitalia, and pointed out that it may occupy a basal position in Geometrinae.

General References

Ban, X., Jiang, N., Cheng, R., Xue, D. & Han, H. 2018. Tribal classification and phylogeny of Geometrinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) inferred from seven gene regions. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 184: 653-672 [Date published 15 May 2018]

Beljaev, E.A. 2008. Phylogenetic relationships of the family Geometridae and its subfamilies (Lepidoptera). Meetings in memory of N.A. Cholodkovsky Iss. 60 St. Petersburg. 1-283 [[in Russian with English abstract]]

McQuillan, P.B. & Edwards, E.D. 1996. Geometridae. pp. 200-228 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. [216] (Note #328: Eumelea Duncan [& Westwood], 1841 was also originally spelled Eumelia Duncan [& Westwood], 1841. As first reviser Warren (1894: 375) gave priority to Eumelea)

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