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Rank: | Genus | |
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Spelling: | Calopteryx | |
Authorship: | Leach | |
Publication: | Entomology [pp. 57-172]. The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia; conducted by David Brewster, with the assistance of gentlemen eminent in science and literature 9(1): 1-384. | |
Page: | 137 | |
Type Species: | Libellula virgo Linnaeus, 1758, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 1: 545, by subsequent monotypy (Samouelle, 1819, Entom. Compend.: 259) --------------- The original spelling Calepteryx was emended by Burmeister, 1839, Handb. Entom., 2 (2): 825. Calopteryx is in prevailing usage and is attributed to the original author and date (Article 33.2.3.1) |
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