Genus Busas Jacobi
Busas dissolutus Jacobi
Genus Busas Jacobi 1909: 343
Type species: Busas dissolutus Jacobi 1924, by
monotypy
Known species: Only the type, from Western Australia, is described but there are a number of other species known in collections.
Comments: Fletcher (2008) transferred Busas Jacobi from the Ricaniidae to the Gaetuliini and commented that the venation matched that of Paralasonia australis. Stroinski & Gnezdilov (2009) stated that Busas and Paralasonia were both valid genera and provided features by which the two genera could be differentiated. However, specimens in collections show various combinations of these features (particularly the shape of the head) and the possibility that these two names are synonyms remains, pending further revisionary work on the Australian fauna. They are here differentiated on the shape of the tegmen.