Atropos Agassiz, 1846
| FAMILY | Sphingidae |
| SUBFAMILY | Sphinginae |
| AUTHOR | Agassiz, 1846 |
| STATUS | Unavailable name |
| SYNONYM | Acherontia |
| PUBLICATION | Agassiz J. L. R. 1842-1847. Nomenclator zoologicus, continens nomina systematica generum animalium tam viventium quam fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum disposita, adjectis auctoribus, libris, in quirus beperiuntur, anno editionis, etymologia et familiis, ad quad pertinent ... - — :i-xii, several parts separately numbered. |
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| COMMENTS | Type species: Sphinx atropos Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturae (Edn 10) 1: 490. By monotypy. A junior objective synonym of Acherontia Laspeyres, 1809 and a junior homonym of Atropos Leach, 1815 [Psocoptera]. |
