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| Gephyria G.A.W. Arnott 1858, pg. 163-164 | |
| Generitype | T: Gephyria telfairiae G.A.W. Arnott 1858 |
| Designated by | Arnott, G.A.W.(000111) |
| Year Designated | 1858 |
| Nomenclatural status | valid |
| Recent revisions | |
| Comments | Type by monotypy. Comments: Genus also described as new by Arnott in Johnson 1860 (ref. 000545), p. 20, with three species included, G. incurvata, G. media and G. telfairiae. Boyer (ref. 000155), p. 162 gives Gephyria media as the type, Farr et al. 1979 correctly give G. telfairiae as the type. |
| Published in |
Walker-Arnott, G.A. (Arnott, G.A.W.). 1858 (ref. 111) On Arachnoidiscus Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, London, Vol:6, 159-165 |