The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles: An Identification Guide to Freshwater and Terrestrial Algae. Second Edition. Edited by David M. John, Brian A. Whitton, and Alan J. Brook. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. $199.00. xvii + 878 p. + 8 pl.; ill.; taxonomic and subject indexes. ISBN: 978-0-521-19375-7. [A collaborative project of the British Phycological Society and The Natural History Museum, London. Accompanying DVD is included.] 2011.

2012 ◽  
Vol 87 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-259
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
Algal Flora ◽  
British Isles ◽  
Collaborative Project ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
Identification Guide ◽  
Terrestrial Algae

Metamelanea umbonata new to the British Isles

2008 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Schultz
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
British Isles ◽  
History Museum

During a visit to the Natural History Museum London I examined material of the genus Porocyphus from the British Isles. A collection labelled Porocyphus coccodes [Scotland, Forfar, Caenlochan, on damp, E-facing rock (±basic), 1700 ft, 10 viii 1968, P. James (BM)] turned out to be a well-developed specimen of Metamelanea umbonata Henssen. Another two specimens from Scotland sent to me for identification belong here as well: Mid-Perth, Bread-albana, Creag Mhòr, S-facing cliffs, 700–800 m, 27/39.35, 6 vii 1979, B. Coppins 4573 (E, hb M. Schultz); Angus, Caenlochan Glen (N side), Glasallt Burn, W-facing cliffs, on vertical flushed granite cliff face, 800 m, 37/17, 7 viii 1989, B. Coppins 13383 & O. Gilbert (E, hb M. Schultz).

Macrocyrtus imomzodai Barševskis, 2016, a new synonym of Metapocyrtus (Orthocyrtus) orbiferoides Schultze, 1918 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4254 (3) ◽  
pp. 375
Author(s):  
HIRAKU YOSHITAKE
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
History Museum ◽  
New Synonym ◽  
Female Holotype ◽  
New Synonymy

Metapocyrtus (Orthocyrtus) orbiferoides Schultze, 1918 was described based on the female holotype collected from Ilocos Norte, North Luzon, Philippines. Since that time, it has been left unstudied for almost a century until I examined the holotype of M. (O.) orbiferoides in 2010 at Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen, Museum für Tierkunde, Dresden (SMTD). Recently, Barševskis (2016) described Macrocyrtus imomzodai based on two female specimens from Ilocos Norte, Luzon. Judging from the original description and dorsal and lateral habitus images, it is quite apparent that M. imomzodai is conspecific with M. (O.) orbiferoides. Here I propose a new synonymy based on these examinations. I thank Klaus-Dieter Klass, Olaf Jäger, Christian Schmidt, and Matthias Nuss (SMTD) for their support during my stay in Dresden. My thanks are also due to Steve R. Davis (American Natural History Museum, New York) and Naoko Nakahara (Tsukuba) for their help for preparing the manuscript. 

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