Turbellarian taxonomic database

Actinoposthiidae Pelophila Notes


The name Pelophila is preoccupied by Pelophila Dejean, 1861 (Coleoptera: Carabidae). It is not yet available.

Notes from synonyms

Notes for Convolutidae Pelophila

Dorjes J 1968 (citation)- pp 114, 344: definition and lists 2 species:
	P. cavernosa Dorjes 1968 type
	P. pachymorpha Dorjes 1968	

Hooge MD 2001 (citation)- moves to family Actinoposthiidae.
	
Faubel & Warwick (2005) (citation) transferred Pelophila lutheri (Westblad, 1946) Karling, 1974,
	which they synonymize with Doerjes's (1968, p. 91) (citation) Praeaphanostoma lutheri
	and Pelophila cavernosa Doerjes, 1968 (p.344),
	to Convolutidae


Notes for Convolutidae Pelophila

Hooge MD, Haye P, Tyler S, Litvaitis MK, Kornfield I  2002 (citation)- Phylogenetic relationships using 18S
rDNA, and morphological characters of sperm and body-wall musculature.

Notes for Convolutidae Pelophila

The name Pelophila is preoccupied, being a homonym of Pelophila Dejean, 1861 (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

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