Houdinia Hoare, R.J.B., Dugdale, J.S., Watts, C., 2006

NZOR Identifier: c0d7fb3b-6410-42e3-8e6d-f8cd979f75e5

Status

Preferred Name (NZOR Concept Id 36c50784-8eed-4a23-8e04-4c390f1d6410)

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
subphylum
Hexapoda
class
Insecta
subclass
Dicondylia
infraclass
Pterygota
superorder
Neoptera
order
Lepidoptera
family
Pterolonchidae
genus
Houdinia Hoare, R.J.B., Dugdale, J.S., Watts, C., 2006

Providers

Biostatus

Geo Schema
Political Region
Geo Region
New Zealand
Environmental Context
Wild
Occurrence
Present
Origin
Endemic
Geo Schema
Political Region
Geo Region
New Zealand
Environmental Context
Wild
Occurrence
Present
Origin
Endemic

Scientific Name

Authority
Hoare, R.J.B., Dugdale, J.S., Watts, C.
Rank
genus
Published in
Hoare, R.J.B.; Dugdale, J.S.; Watts, C. 2006: The world’s thinnest caterpillar? A new genus and species of Batrachedridae (Lepidoptera) from Sporadanthus ferrugineus (Restionaceae), a threatened New Zealand plant. Invertebrate Systematics 20(5): 571-583.
Micro-reference (page)
572–575
Year
2006
Nomenclatural Comment
The genus is named after the renowned escapologist Harry Houdini (1874–1926). The name alludes not only to the remarkable metamorphosis of the attenuate larva and the adult’s escape from the tight confines of the Sporadanthus stem, but also to the manner in which the species itself escaped detection by entomologists for so long
Name of Type of taxon
Houdinia flexilissima Hoare, Dugdale & Watts, 2006
Governing Code
ICZN
Is Recombination
No

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
c0e746a7-ddc5-4be1-adbf-08800bcae611
According to
NZIB (2012-) New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity Name Based Concepts
Has Parent
Batrachedridae
Preferred Name
Houdinia Hoare, R.J.B., Dugdale, J.S., Watts, C., 2006 }

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
36c50784-8eed-4a23-8e04-4c390f1d6410
According to
NZAC (2012-) New Zealand Arthropod Collection Names Database - Name based concepts
Has Parent
Batrachedridae
Preferred Name
Houdinia Hoare, R.J.B., Dugdale, J.S., Watts, C., 2006 (In use by NZOR) }

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
a49d633f-3d39-4b93-baba-c575b258ba91
According to
Heikkila, M., Mutanen, M., Kekkonen, M., Kaila, L. 2014: Morphology reinforces proposed molecular phylogenetic affinities: a revised classification for Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera). Cladistics 30(6): 563-589.
Has Parent
Pterolonchidae (In use by NZOR)

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
76057f80-0643-4da2-a08d-5164dc826494
According to
NZAC (2012-) New Zealand Arthropod Collection Names Database - Name based concepts
Has Parent
Pterolonchidae

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
04242d74-c2d0-41e2-a052-b7ff629bbe76
According to
Hoare, R.J.B.; Dugdale, J.S.; Watts, C. 2006: The world’s thinnest caterpillar? A new genus and species of Batrachedridae (Lepidoptera) from Sporadanthus ferrugineus (Restionaceae), a threatened New Zealand plant. Invertebrate Systematics 20(5): 571-583.
Preferred Name
Houdinia Hoare, R.J.B., Dugdale, J.S., Watts, C., 2006 }

Subordinate Taxon Concept

Full Name
Houdinia flexilissima Hoare, Dugdale & Watts, 2006
According To
NZIB (2012-) New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity Name Based Concepts

Subordinate Taxon Concept

Full Name
Houdinia flexilissima Hoare, Dugdale & Watts, 2006
According To
NZAC (2012-) New Zealand Arthropod Collection Names Database - Name based concepts

Subordinate Taxon Concept

Full Name
Houdinia flexilissima Hoare, Dugdale & Watts, 2006
According To
NZAC (2012-) New Zealand Arthropod Collection Names Database - Name based concepts

Subordinate Taxon Concept

Full Name
Houdinia flexilissima Hoare, Dugdale & Watts, 2006
According To
Hoare, R.J.B.; Dugdale, J.S.; Watts, C. 2006: The world’s thinnest caterpillar? A new genus and species of Batrachedridae (Lepidoptera) from Sporadanthus ferrugineus (Restionaceae), a threatened New Zealand plant. Invertebrate Systematics 20(5): 571-583.

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