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Potamanthus Inanis
''Potamanthus'' is the type genus of the family Potamanthidae, sometimes called "hackle-gilled burrower mayflies". Species of ''Potamanthus''have been recorded from the Palaearctic Nearctic and Oriental realms. Species The following species belong to the genus ''Potamanthus'': # ''Potamanthus aeneus'' # ''Potamanthus brunneus'' # ''Potamanthus castaneus'' # ''Potamanthus formosus'' # ''Potamanthus gibbus'' # ''Potamanthus huoshanensis'' # ''Potamanthus idiocerus'' # ''Potamanthus inanis'' # ''Potamanthus kwangsiensis'' # ''Potamanthus longitibius'' # ''Potamanthus luteus'' # ''Potamanthus macrophthalmus'' # ''Potamanthus nanchangi'' # ''Potamanthus sabahensis'' # ''Potamanthus sangangensis'' # ''Potamanthus subcostalis'' # ''Potamanthus yooni'' # ''Potamanthus yunnanensis'' c g Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net References External links * {{Taxonbar, from=Q8021439 Mayfly genera Insects of Europe Mayflies Insects ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Type Genus
In biological taxonomy, the type genus (''genus typica'') is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name. Zoological nomenclature According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearing type of a nominal family-group taxon is a nominal genus called the 'type genus'; the family-group name is based upon that of the type genus." Any family-group name must have a type genus (and any genus-group name must have a type species, but any species-group name may, but need not, have one or more type specimens). The type genus for a family-group name is also the genus that provided the stem to which was added the ending -idae (for families). :Example: The family name Formicidae has as its type genus the genus ''Formica'' Linnaeus, 1758. Botanical nomenclature In botanical nomenclature, the phrase "type genus" is used, unofficially, as a term of convenience. In the '' ICN'' this phrase has no status. The code uses type specimens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
