NOMINA CIRCUMSCRIBENTIA INSECTORUM

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Typified names:

Bomboptera McLeay 1821

NOMEN: Bomboptera McLeay 1821:440 [W.S. MacLeay. Horae entomologicae, or essay on the annulose animals. Vol.I. Part II. Containing an attempt to ascertain the rank and situation which the celebrated Egyptian insect, Scarabaeus Sacer, holds among organized beings. / London, Print. for S. Bagster by Richard and Arthur Taylor, 1821: 161–524.] BHL

ORIGINAL LISTED MEMBERSHIP (McLeay 1821): = Urocerata; incl. genus Sirex

JUNIOR CIRCUMSCRIPTIONAL SYNONYM:

= Terebellifera Le Peletier de St.Fargeau 1827

TYPIFIED NAME IN BASIC FORMAT: Sirex/fg

TYPIFIED NAMES IN USE: Urocerata, Uroceridae, Uroceroudea

MODERN STATUS: the valid, the oldest name of a generally accepted, holophyletic taxon.

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