Merrifieldia is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. It has an Old World distribution, with species known from Asia, Africa and Europe.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Subfamily: | Pterophorinae |
| Tribe: | Pterophorini |
| Genus: | Merrifieldia Tutt, 1905[1] |
Species edit
As of version 1.1.23.125[update], the Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World lists the following species for genus Merrifieldia:[1]
- Merrifieldia alaica (Caradja, 1920)
- Merrifieldia arenbergeri Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2022
- Merrifieldia aurea Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2015
- Merrifieldia baliodactylus (Zeller, 1841)
- Merrifieldia brandti (Arenberger, 1981)
- Merrifieldia bystropogonis (Walsingham, 1908)
- Merrifieldia calcarius (Lederer, 1870)
- Merrifieldia cana Arenberger, 1990
- Merrifieldia caspius (Lederer, 1870)
- Merrifieldia chordodactylus (Staudinger, 1859)
- Merrifieldia deprinsi Arenberger, 1990
- Merrifieldia diwani (Arenberger, 1981)
- Merrifieldia farsi (Arenberger, 1981)
- Merrifieldia hedemanni (Rebel, 1896)
- Merrifieldia huberti Arenberger, 1999
- Merrifieldia improvisa Arenberger, 2001
- Merrifieldia innae Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2011
- Merrifieldia leucodactyla (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
- Merrifieldia lonnvei Gielis, 2011
- Merrifieldia malacodactylus (Zeller, 1847)
- Merrifieldia nigrocostata Gibeaux, 1997
- Merrifieldia particiliata (Walsingham, 1908)
- Merrifieldia peyroni Bigot & Picard, 2004
- Merrifieldia probolias (Meyrick, 1891)
- Merrifieldia renatae Skyva & Elsner, 2007
- Merrifieldia semiodactylus (Mann, 1855)
- Merrifieldia tridactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Fossil species edit
- †Merrifieldia oligocenicus (Bigot, Nel & Nel, 1986), formerly Pterophorus oligocenicus,[2] from the late Oligocene–early Miocene boundary.[3]
This species was originally described as Pterophorus oligocenicus, and its authors associated it with what was at the time the tridactyla-spicidactylus group within genus Pterophorus.[3] Although these species were transferred to Merrifieldia as a result of the 1996 revision of Pterophorus sensu lato by Cees Gielis, Pterophorus oligocenicus remained within Pterophorus until it was transferred to Merrifieldia in 2012 by Sohn et al.[3][2]
References edit
- ^ a b c Hobern, Donald (5 May 2023). "Genus: Merrifieldia Tutt, 1905". Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ^ a b Hobern, Donald (5 May 2023). "Species: Merrifieldia oligocenicus (Bigot, Nel & Nel, 1986)". Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ^ a b c Sohn, Jae-Cheon; Labandeira, Conrad; Davis, Donald; Mitter, Charles (30 April 2012). "An annotated catalog of fossil and subfossil Lepidoptera (Insecta: Holometabola) of the world". Zootaxa. 3286 (1): 59. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3286.1.1. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- Arenberg, A., 1999: Pterophoridae aus Zentralasien und angrenzenden Territorien.- 2. Teil (Lepidoptera). Quadrifina 2: 215–226. Full article: [1].
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