Taxonomic and nomenclatural status of Iberian Algyroides (Lacertidae)

Abstract The taxonomy and nomenclature of Iberian Algyroides are problematic. The first taxon described, A. hidalgoi Boscá, 1916, was based on a single specimen that was subsequently lost. The description of the second taxon, A. marchi Valverde, 1958, was based on the comparison of a newly discovered population with the original description of A. hidalgoi. However, A. hidalgoi specimens have never been recorded since for any locality. Therefore, three questions need to be addressed: Is A. hidalgoi Boscá, 1916 a morphologically diagnosable taxon different from all non-Iberian species of Algyroides? are A. hidalgoi and A. marchi conspecific? And if so, which is the correct name for the species? To clarify the taxonomic status of the Iberian Algyroides we (1) compare Boscá’s A. hidalgoi original description against the descriptions of all other species of Algyroides, (2) test the accuracy of Boscá’s A. hidalgoi by comparing it against 204 Iberian museum specimens, and (3) designate a neotype of A. hidalgoi that fits the head pholidosis described in the original description. We show that none of the diagnostic characters used by Valverde to differentiate between A. hidalgoi and A. marchi are actually diagnostic, as we found high levels of variability on those characters in the studied specimens. Our results validate Boscá’s description of A. hidalgoi, which fits within the morphological variability observed for southern Iberian Algyroides. As a result, we propose the strict synonymy of A. marchi Valverde, 1958 with A. hidalgoi Boscá, 1916.

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On the taxonomic status of Lygosoma (Keneuxia) dubium Werner, 1909

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4543.2.9 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4543 (2) ◽

pp. 295

Author(s):

PETER GEISSLER ◽

ALEXANDER KUPFER

Keyword(s):

Natural History ◽

Taxonomic Status ◽

Original Description ◽

Type Locality ◽

Single Specimen ◽

Collection Number

The species Lygosoma (Keneuxia) dubium was described by Franz Werner (1909) based on a single specimen from the Royal Natural History Cabinet (Königliches Naturalienkabinett) in Stuttgart, collection number 3651. According to the original description the specimen was collected by “Direktor Mayer” in Yokohama, Japan in 1897. Much later Nakamura & Ueno (1963) transferred the species to the Genus Dasia Gray, 1839, without further comments. Recently Uetz et al. (2018) questioned the type locality given by Werner (1909) and suggested that the name Lygosoma dubium is likely to be a synonym of Dasia grisea (Gray, 1845) referring to a personal comment of T. Hikida in 2014. However the actual taxonomic status of the species still remains unresolved.

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Catalog of Rose Gall, Herb Gall, and Inquiline Gall Wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) of the United States, Canada, and Mexico

10.3897/arphapreprints.e68559 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Louis Nastasi ◽

Andrew Deans

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Taxonomic Status ◽

Original Description ◽

The United States ◽

Valid Species ◽

Vernacular Names ◽

The North ◽

Gall Wasps ◽

Taxonomic Changes ◽

Gall Induction

Cynipidae (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea) is a diverse group of wasps, many of which are capable of inducing plants to make novel structures, galls, that protect and nourish the wasps' larvae. Other cynipids, especially those species in Ceroptresini and Synergini, are understood to be usurpers of galls made by other cynipids. The North American cynipid fauna has not been fully cataloged since 1979, but there is renewed interest in revising the taxonomy and in doing research that sheds light on the mechanisms of gall induction, the evolution of this life history, and their ecological interactions more broadly. Significant taxonomic changes have impacted the group since 1979, thereby warranting a new catalog. The current state of knowledge of species classified in Aulacideini, Ceroptresini, Diastrophini, Diplolepidini, Phanacidini, and Synergini in the United States, Canada, and Mexico is summarized in catalog format. We report 323 names, including 170 valid species of rose gall wasps, herb gall wasps, and inquiline gall wasps, classified in 12 genera, from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Current taxonomic status, distribution, host associations, and vernacular names are listed for each species. The catalog also includes the original description of galls for many species of gall-inducer, as well as atomized characterizations of different gall traits as key-value pairs. For most galling species without existing vernacular names, new vernacular names are proposed.

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ORBITOLINA DAVIESI HOFKER, 1966: A FORGOTTEN ORBITOLINIDAE FROM THE THANETIAN OF PAKISTAN AND ITS TAXONOMIC STATUS

Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae ◽

10.35463/j.apr.2021.01.04 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 41-48

Author(s):

FELIX SCHLAGINTWEIT

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

New Genus ◽

Taxonomic Status ◽

Original Description ◽

Junior Synonym ◽

New Combination ◽

Linear Arrangement ◽

Radial Zone

Orbitolina daviesi Hofker, 1966 (family Orbitolinidae) was validly described and thoroughly illustrated from Thanetian limestones of Pakistan. Although its attribution to the genus Orbitolina d’Orbigny and any phylogenetic relationships with the Cretaceous taxa have been refuted shortly afterwards, the species has not been taxonomically revised since then. Karsella hottingeri Sirel, 1999 was established as new genus and new species from the Thanetian of Turkey, without taking into account J. Hofker’s publication. The original description and genus diagnosis of Karsella has meanwhile been emended to include the occurrence of a radial zone with septula that follow a zig-zag pattern and associated linear arrangement of the foramina, as well as a complex embryo. Orbitolina daviesi clearly displays these features and is here considered a species of the genus Karsella Sirel. Karsella hottingeri is regarded as a subjective junior synonym of O. daviesi Hofker and therefore, the only species of the genus is given as a new combination: Karsella daviesi (Hofker). From a suprageneric viewpoint, the two Paleogene genera Karsella Sirel and Cushmania Silvestri display a complex embryo and might belong to a new subfamily of the Orbitolinidae, phylogenetically different and unrelated to the lower-mid Cretaceous Orbitolininae.

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A new record confirms the occurrence of Aphanius mesopotamicus Coad, 2009, in southwestern Iran (Actinopterygii: Cyprinodontidae)

Check List ◽

10.15560/8.2.283 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 283 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Yazdan Keivany ◽

Mohammad Sadegh Alavi-Yeganeh ◽

Jafar Seyfabadi

Keyword(s):

New Record ◽

Original Description ◽

Museum Specimens ◽

First Report ◽

Southern Branch ◽

Southwestern Iran ◽

The Karkheh River

We report the occurrence of Mesopotamian tooth carp, Aphanius mesopotamicus Coad 2009, in a southern branch of the Karkheh River, 10 km west of Hoor-Al-Azim Wetland. This is the first report of successful collection of this species after its first collection in 1978-80 and futile efforts during the last three decades and after its original description based on those old museum specimens.

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First species of Ctenisomorphus Raffray, 1890 from China, with comments on Largeyeus J.-K. Li, 1993 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.5016.4.9 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5016 (4) ◽

pp. 588-596

Author(s):

QI-QI LI ◽

YAN WANG ◽

ZI-WEI YIN

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Southern China ◽

Eastern China ◽

Taxonomic Status ◽

Hainan Island ◽

Junior Synonym ◽

Diagnostic Characters ◽

Natural Reserve

The Ctenistini fauna of China is insufficient documented. In this paper the first Chinese species of the genus Ctenisomorphus Raffray, 1890, C. yinggelingensis sp. nov., is described and separated from congeners based on two male and four female specimens collected at Yinggeling Natural Reserve, Hainan Island, southern China. Images of the habitus and major diagnostic characters of the new species are provided. The taxonomic status of Largeyeus anhuianus J.-K. Li, 1993 distributed in Anhui, eastern China is discussed, and the genus is placed as a junior synonym of Poroderus Sharp, 1883 syn. nov., resulting in P. anhuianus comb. nov.

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Description of nymph of Brasilocaenis atawallpa Lima, Molineri, Vieira, Pinheiro & Salles, 2019 (Ephemeroptera: Caenidae) and notes on its taxonomic status

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.5027.1.8 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5027 (1) ◽

pp. 136-144

Author(s):

STÊNIO R. S. NASCIMENTO ◽

PAULO V. CRUZ ◽

MYLLENA S. L. SILVA ◽

VIVIANE C. FIRMINO ◽

LEANDRO S. BRASIL ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Male Genitalia ◽

Cladistic Analysis ◽

Taxonomic Status ◽

Original Description ◽

Type Specimens ◽

Nymphal Stage ◽

Type Series ◽

Colombian Amazon ◽

Fore Coxa

Brasilocaenis atawallpa was recently described based on male imago from Colombian Amazon. The original description does not contain a designation of type specimens or locality, and it just states that the type series was studied in order to perform the cladistic analysis. In this context, we herein designate the lectotype and paralectotypes of B. atawallpa and describe its nymphal stage. The nymphs were associated to B. atawallpa by the male genitalia extracted from mature nymphs. The nymphal stage of B. atawallpa can be differentiated from others known nymphs of the genus by absence of pointed microspines on opercular gill, fore coxa without projection, middle coxa with well-developed and semicircular projection, hind coxa with finger-like projection, fore and middle tarsal claws without denticles and hind margin of the ninth sternite almost straight.

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Taxonomic status of Allohoraeomorphus Franz (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3313.1.7 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3313 (1) ◽

pp. 62 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

PAWEŁ JAŁOSZYŃSKI

Keyword(s):

Taxonomic Status ◽

Type Material ◽

Diagnostic Characters

Following the examination of the type material, the generic name Allohoraeomorphus Franz, 1986 is placed as a juniorobjective synonym of Horaeomorphus Schaufuss, 1889. The only species included in Allohoraeomorphus, Horaeomor-phus calcarifer (Franz, 1986), comb. n., is redescribed and its diagnostic characters, including the aedeagus and modified male metatrochanters are illustrated.

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Description of a new scorpionfish (Scorpaenoidei, Sebastolobinae) from the tropical eastern Pacific

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2277.1.5 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 2277 (1) ◽

pp. 61-68 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

PHILIPPE BÉAREZ ◽

HIROYUKI MOTOMURA

Keyword(s):

Eastern Pacific ◽

Dorsal Spine ◽

Unique Combination ◽

Single Specimen ◽

Tropical Eastern Pacific ◽

Diagnostic Characters ◽

Dorsal Fin ◽

Gas Bladder ◽

Fin Spines

A new spiny scorpionfish, Trachyscorpia verai, is described from a single specimen caught by deepwater longline off Puerto López (Ecuador, Tropical Eastern Pacific). This scorpionfish is distinguished from all other species of Trachyscorpia by a unique combination of characters: dorsal-fin spines 12, vertebrae 26, and gas bladder absent. Other diagnostic characters are: maxilla unscaled, third dorsal spine long, and pelvic spine short. This is the second species of Trachyscorpia known from the TEP and the sixth worldwide.

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Advertisement call and colour in life of Allobates crombiei (Morales) “2000” [2002] (Anura: Aromobatidae) from the type Locality (Cachoeira do Espelho), Xingu River, Brazil

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3475.1.8 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3475 (1) ◽

pp. 86 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

ALBERTINA P. LIMA ◽

LUCIANA K. ERDTMANN ◽

ADOLFO AMÉZQUITA

Keyword(s):

Taxonomic Status ◽

Original Description ◽

Type Locality ◽

Advertisement Call ◽

Xingu River ◽

The Right

Allobates crombiei was described by Morales, “2000” [2002] based on specimens collected by Ronald I. Crombie from Cachoeira do Espelho, on the right bank of the Xingu River, Pará State, Brazil. The original description was short and did not include the call or colour in life. Rodrigues & Caramaschi (2004) suggested that the taxonomic status of this species need be clarified. We are confident that the species collected and recorded by us is Allobates crombiei (Morales) “2000” [2002] because this is the only species of Allobates found calling in forest near Cachoeira do Espelho, and the character diagnosis in preserved specimens is similar, except that, based on preserved specimens, Morales (2002) considered the ventrolateral and the oblique lateral stripes to be absent. This may be because they are imperceptible in preserved specimens. However, unlike recent authors, Morales (2002) also considered the oblique lateral stripe to be absent in Allobates brunneus, Allobates gasconi and Allobates ornatus, in which he illustrated diffuse spots.

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Rediscovery of the rare Andean blindsnake Anomalepis colombia Marx 1953 (Serpentes: Anomalepididae) in the wild

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4623.3.13 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4623 (3) ◽

pp. 595-600 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

JHONATTAN VANEGAS-GUERRERO ◽

ANGELE MARTINS ◽

ESTEBAN QUIÑONES-BETANCURT ◽

JOHN D. LYNCH

Keyword(s):

Costa Rica ◽

Sea Level ◽

Original Description ◽

Single Specimen ◽

Additional Specimen ◽

Peruvian Andes ◽

Widespread Distribution ◽

Nominal Form ◽

In The Wild ◽

Wet Forests

The fossorial snake genus Anomalepis Jan 1860 currently comprises four species with distribution restricted to the Neotropics, occurring from Nicaragua to trans-Andean Peru. Species of Anomalepis occur on the mainland from sea level to about 2,700 m elevation in habitats that range from xerophyte vegetation to tropical wet forests (Kofron 1988; McDiarmid et al. 1999; Uetz et al. 2019; Wallach et al. 2014). Kofron (1988) performed a taxonomic review of the genus Anomalepis, recognizing two phenotypic clusters of species: the A. mexicanus Jan 1860 composed exclusively by its nominal form, and the A. aspinosus Taylor 1939 group consisting of the former species, A. colombia Marx 1953 (Fig. 1) and A. flavapices Peters 1957. While Anomalepis aspinosus occurs in xerophytic formation from 500–2700 above sea level (asl hereafter) along the Peruvian Andes (Kofron 1988; McDiarmid et al. 1999; Wallach et al. 2014), and Anomalepis flavapices is found in the coastal rainforest plains of northwestern Ecuador (Kofron 1988; Wallach et al. 2014), Anomalepis mexicanus presents the most widespread distribution amongst its congeners, occurring in northeastern Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama from sea level to 725 m altitude. Even though this species has previously been recorded for Peru (Kofron, 1988), it seems unlikely that this specimen belongs to A. mexicanus due to its distinct meristic features (see Kofron 1988) and its outlandish record (see Fig. 2). Marx (1953) described Anomalepis colombia based on a single specimen collected in 1946 by Kjell von Sneidern at La Selva (05º25’23N, 74º57’44W; 1700 m asl), municipality of Pueblo Rico, department of Caldas, Colombia. As far as we know, since its original description, no additional specimen of A. colombia has been reported in literature (cf. Kofron 1988; McDiarmid et al. 1999; Wallach et al. 2014).

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