Biology:Monotrysia
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Monotrysia (Börner, 1939)
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The Monotrysia are a group of moths in the lepidopteran order, not currently considered to be a natural group or clade.[1] The group is so named because the female has a single genital opening for mating and laying eggs, in contrast to the rest of the Lepidoptera (Ditrysia), which have two female reproductive openings.[1][2] Later classifications used Monotrysia in a narrower sense for the nonditrysian Heteroneura, but this group was also found to be paraphyletic with respect to Ditrysia.[1][3] Apart from the recently discovered family Andesianidae,[3][4] most of the group consists of small, relatively understudied species.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kristensen, Neils P.; Scoble, Malcolm J; Karsholt, Ole (2007). "Lepidoptera phylogeny and systematics: the state of inventorying moth and butterfly diversity". Zootaxa 1668: 699–747. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1668.1.30. https://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01668p747.pdf.
- ↑ Dugdale, J.S. (1974). Female genital classification in the classification of Lepidoptera. New Zealand Journal of Entomology, 1(2): 127-146. pdf
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Davis, D. R. (1986). "A new family of monotrysian moths from austral South America (Lepidoptera: Palaephatidae), with a phylogenetic review of the Monotrysia.". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 434: 1-202. https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/5497.
- ↑ Davis, D. R. and Gentili, P. (2003). Andesianidae, a new family of monotrysian moths (Lepidoptera: Andesianoidea) from South America. Invertebrate Systematics, 17: 15-26.Abstract
Further reading
- Davis D. R. (1999). The Monotrysian Heteroneura. Pages 65–90 in: Lepidoptera: Moths and Butterflies. 1. Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbook of Zoology Vol. IV, Part 35. N. P. Kristensen, ed. De Gruyter, Berlin and New York.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q609183 entry
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