genus

Darthula Kirkaldy, 1900

Aetalion (Urophora) Gray, 1832a: 261.
type species by original designation Aetalion (Urophora) hardwickii Gray, 1832
Aetalion (Urophora) Gray, 1832 (homonym of Urophora Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
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Darthura [sic] Kirkaldy, 1900 in Chou & Yuan, 1979a: 34.
Darthura [sic] Kirkaldy, 1900 (misspelling of Darthula Kirkaldy, 1900) in Chou & Yuan, 1979a: 34.

Aetalion (Urophora) hardwickii Gray, 1832 type species by original designation of Darthula Kirkaldy, 1900

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

after Darthula, a mythical Celtic female character from "Poems of Ossian" (1760–1763) by James Macpherson

Burmeister, H.C.C. (1835c) Berichtigungen und Zusatze. In Handbuch der Entomologie. Gustav Reimer, Berlin. . Vol. 2, Issue 1, pp. 397–400. [1832-1855]
Chou, I. & Yuan, F. (1979a) A discussion about the genus Darthura with description of a new species. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 4(1), 30–34.
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Schulze, F.E., Kükenthal, W.G. & Heider, K. (1928a) Corneo-Deros. In Nomenclator animalium generum et subgenerum; im auftrage der Preussischen akademie der wissenschaften zu Berlin. . . Vol. 2, Issue 8, pp. 797–956.
Waterhouse, C.O. (1902a) Index zoologicus. An alphabetical list of names of genera and subgenera proposed for use in zoology as recorded in the "Zoological record" 1880-1900, together with other names not included in the "Nomenclator zoologicus" of S. H. Scudder. Printed for the Society. London, xii + 421 pp.