genus

Darthula Kirkaldy, 1900

Descendants and synonyms

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

No descendants observations found

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.