Palaeophanes [SEP] parent taxon
Palaeophanes
Palaeophanes is a genus of moths in the family Arrhenophanidae.
The generic name is derived from the Greek "palaios" (meaning ancient or old) and "phanes" (from
Phaino, meaning shine or appear), in reference to its Old World distribution as well as its current basal position within the family.
Species.
- "Palaeophanes lativalva"
- "Palaeophanes taiwanensis"
- "Palaeophanes brevispina"
- "Palaeophanes xoutha"
External links.
- Family Arrhenophanidae
Taxon in disguise
In bacteriology, a taxon in disguise is a species, genus or higher unit of biological classification whose evolutionary history reveals has evolved from another unit of similar or lower rank, making the parent unit paraphyletic. This happens when rapid evolution makes a new species appear radically different from the ancestral group, so that it is not (initially) recognised as belonging to the parent phylogenetic group, leaving the latter an evolutionary grade.
While the term is from bacteriology, parallel examples are found throughout the tree of