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Diradius vandykei (Ross, 1944)

Nomenclature (3)

  • Oligembia (Dilobocerca) vandykei Ross, 1944: 488.

    Holotype; male; USNM(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) 56763; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); United States: In bark, 5 miles northeast of Pensacola, Fla., on shores of Escambia Bay (matured March 10)

  • Diradius vandykei (Ross, 1944) in Ross, 1984: 91.
  • Diradius vandykei (Ross, 1944) in Stokes, DiCicco, Moore, Cheng, Wheeler, Soghigian, Barber & Edgerly, 2018 Anatomy/Physiology

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Ross, E.S. (1944) A revision of the Embioptera, or webspinners, of the New World. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 94, 401–504. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/31778
  • Ross, E.S. (1984) A synopsis of the Embiidina of the United States. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 86, 82–93.
  • Stokes, G.Y., DiCicco, E.N., Moore, T.J., Cheng, V.C., Wheeler, K.Y., Soghigian, J., Barber, R.P., Jr. & Edgerly, J.S. (2018) Structural and wetting properties of nature's finest silks (order Embioptera). Royal Society Open Science, 5(180893), 1–13.

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
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