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Acontiinae Gray 1839

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Subfamily Acontiinae Gray 1839

Acontiadae Gray 1839: 336 (type genus Acontias Cuvier 1816, by presumption from inclusion of genus).

Acontiidae — Cope 1864: 230 (corrected spelling of Acontiadae Gray 1839).

Acontidae— Hedges & Conn 2012: 28 (altered stem of Acontiadae Gray 1839, by conflation with Acontinae Greer 1970a).

Acontoidea— Hedges 2014: 319 (change in rank of Acontiadae Gray, with erroneously altered stem).

Acontiae Fitzinger 1843: 23 (type genus Acontias Cuvier 1816, explicitly).

Typhlomorphi Fitzinger 1843: 23 (type genus Typhlomorphus Fitzinger 1843, explicitly = Typhlosaurus Wiegmann 1834a).

Typhlinidae Gray 1845: 128 (type genus Typhline Wiegmann 1834a = Typhlosaurus Wiegmann 1834a).

Acontinae Greer 1970a: 158 (type genus Acontias Cuvier 1816, by presumption from inclusion of genus). Non Acontiadae Gray 1839.

Acontinini Hoser 2015a: 9 (type genus Acontias Cuvier 1816, implicitly by statement of “terminal taxon”, the type species of the genus). Non Acontiadae Gray 1839.

Typhlosauriina Hoser 2015a: 9 (type genus Typhlosaurus Wiegmann 1834a, implicitly by statement of “terminal taxon”, the type species of the genus).

Notes

Published as part of Shea, Glenn M., 2021, Nomenclature of supra-generic units within the Family Scincidae (Squamata), pp. 301-351 in Zootaxa 5067 (3) on page 329, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5067.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5681895

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Biodiversity

Family
Noctuidae
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Lepidoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Gray
Taxon rank
subFamily
Taxonomic concept label
Acontiinae Gray, 1839 sec. Shea, 2021

References

  • Gray, J. E. (1839) Catalogue of the slender-tongued saurians, with descriptions of many new genera and species. [Continued from p. 293.]. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 2 (11), 331 - 337. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222933909512395
  • Cope, E. D. (1864) On the characters of the higher groups of Reptilia Squamata - and especially of the Diploglossa. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 16, 224 - 231.
  • Hedges, S. B. & Conn, C. E. (2012) A new skink fauna from Caribbean islands (Squamata, Mabuyidae, Mabuyinae). Zootaxa, 3288 (1), 1 - 244. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3288.1.1
  • Greer, A. E. (1970 a) A subfamilial classification of scincid lizards. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 139 (3), 151 - 184.
  • Hedges, S. B. (2014) The high-level classification of skinks (Reptilia, Squamata, Scincomorpha). Zootaxa, 3765 (4), 317 - 338. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3765.4.2
  • Fitzinger, L. (1843) Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus Primus. Amblyglossae. Braumuller et Seidel, Vindobonae, 106 + vi + [3] pp.
  • Wiegmann, A. F. A. (1834 a) Herpetologia Mexicana, seu Description Amphibiorum Novae Hispaniae, quae itineribus comitis de Sack, Ferdinandi Deppe et Chr. Guil. Schiede in Museum Zoologicum Berolinense pervenerunt. Pars Prima, Saurorum Species amplectens. Adiecto Systematis Saurorum Prodromo, additisque multis in hunc Amphibiorum ordinem observatoni- bus. C. G. Luderitz, Berolini, vi + 54 pp., X pls. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 119131
  • Gray, J. E. (1845) Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Edward Newman, London, xxviii + 289 pp.
  • Hoser, R. T. (2015 a) A revision of the genus level taxonomy of the Acontinae and Scincinae, with the creation of new genera, subgenera, tribes and subtribes. Australasian Journal of Herpetology, 28, 1 - 64.