TY  - BOOK
AU  - Przybyłowicz,Łukasz
TI  - Thyretini of Africa: an illustrated catalogue of the Thyretini (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Syntominae) of the Afrotropical region 
T2  - Entomonograph,
SN  - 9789004260962
AV  - QL557.A1 P79 2009
U1  - 595.7 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Stenstrup, Denmark
PB  - Apollo Books
KW  - Thyretini
KW  - Classification
KW  - Lepidoptera
KW  - Africa
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 106-113) and index; Preliminary Material -- Acknowledgements -- Summary -- Introduction -- Arrangement of the Book -- List of Abbreviations of Institutions -- Catalogue -- Unavailable Names -- Taxa Excluded from the Thyretini -- Taxonomic Changes and Comments to the Generic Level Categories -- Descriptions of species -- References -- Plate I -- Plates with Male Genitalia -- Plates with Female Genitalia -- Index of Scientific Names in Lepidoptera; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - This is the first comprehensive tool facilitating the identification of thyretines - the unique group of large arctiids restricted almost exclusively to the Afrotropical Region. The 194 currently recognized species are catalogued and illustrated. Information on the orginal descriptions, type locality and type deposition for each of 333 species-group names is given. 3 genus-group names and 7 species-group names are excluded from Thyretini and transferred to other of arctiids.The diagnostic features of each species are presented as well as short information on early stages, biology and known distribution
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004260962
ER  -