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
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 the valid (accepted) taxonomic name
Notes for Actinoposthiidae Pelophila
The name Pelophila is preoccupied by Pelophila Dejean, 1861 (Coleoptera: Carabidae). It is not yet available.Return to Actinoposthiidae Pelophila