Infurcitinea
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Infurcitinea is a genus
of the fungus moth family
, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the Meessiinae, one of the larger fungus moth subfamilies.
were placed in Infurcitinea as of 2003, but new species are still being discovered regularly:
groups is liable to make Infurcitinea paraphyletic, and thus the following are usually treated as junior synonyms of the present genus:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of the fungus moth family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the Meessiinae, one of the larger fungus moth subfamilies.
Species
76 speciesSpecies
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
were placed in Infurcitinea as of 2003, but new species are still being discovered regularly:
Synonyms
Many formerly independent genera have in more recent times been included in Infurcitinea. Some of them – e.g. Karsholtia, Omichlospora and Tineiforma – are still considered distinct by some authors today. But this seems hardly justified, as splitting off such small or even monotypicMonotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group with only one biological type. The term's usage differs slightly between botany and zoology. The term monotypic has a separate use in conservation biology, monotypic habitat, regarding species habitat conversion eliminating biodiversity and...
groups is liable to make Infurcitinea paraphyletic, and thus the following are usually treated as junior synonyms of the present genus:
- Atinea Amsel, 1954
- Atris Zagulayev, 1979
- Finalis Zagulayev, 1979
- Gozmanytinea Capuse, 1966
- Karsholtia Gaedike, 1986
- Microtinea Amsel, 1954
- Omichlospora Meyrick, 1928
- Pseudorumelis Sachkov, 1995
- Rumelis Zagulayev, 1979
- Tineiforma Amsel, 1952