Additional comments on the types and nomina of several North American ratsnakes (Pantherophis obsoletus complex, Colubridae, Serpentes)

Bionomina ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. ALEXANDER PYRON ◽  
STEVE GOTTE ◽  
FRANK T. BURBRINK
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
Poor Condition ◽  
Catalog Number ◽  
Senior Synonym ◽  
Obsoletus Complex ◽  
Subjective Synonym

Here, we provide updates to our recent paper reviewing the taxonomy and nomenclature of the Eastern ratsnakes (Pantherophis obsoletus complex, Colubridae, Serpentes). Specifically, we clarify that Coluber alleghaniensis Holbrook, 1836 is a subjective, rather than objective, senior synonym of Elaphis holbrookii Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854. Contrary to our statement that USNM 1733–4 were syntypes of Scotophis lindheimerii Baird & Girard, 1853, the former is the holotype and the latter is the paratype. The holotype is lost and the paratype is in poor condition, but no neotype designation is warranted at present. We note that USNM 248870, which we designated as the lectotype of Coluber obsoletus lemniscatus Cope, 1888, was originally cataloged as USNM 4710. This catalog number was shared with the type of the salamander Amblystoma tenebrosum Baird & Girard, 1852, and the snake was re-cataloged as USNM 248870 in 1985. Finally, we originally treated C. reticulatus La Cépède, 1789 and C. reticularis Daudin, 1803 as senior subjective synonyms of C. corais Boie, 1827, but here corroborate recent authors in designating it a senior subjective synonym of C. obsoletus Say in James, 1823. As the Commission suppressed C. reticulatus La Cépède, 1789 (an exoplonym), this subsequently rendered C. reticularis Daudin, 1803 (an exoploneonym) unavailable as well.

A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES OF THE OREODYTES ALASKANUS CLADE (COLEOPTERA: DYTISCIDAE: HYDROPORINAE)

1993 ◽  
Vol 125 (5) ◽  
pp. 847-867 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yves Alarie
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
North American ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
North American Species ◽  
Abdominal Sternite ◽  
The North ◽  
Subjective Synonym

AbstractNorth American members of the Oreodyies alaskanus clade are revised. The species O. productotruncatus (Hatch) and O. recticollis (Fall) are recognized as valid and those names are removed from junior synonymy with O. alaskanus (Fall.). Oreodytes leechi Zimmerman is considered a new junior subjective synonym of O. recticollis. Lectotype designations are provided for O. alaskanus and O. recticollis. Palaearctic O. dauricus (Motschulsky) is included within the O. alaskanus clade whose members are characterized by the protibia having the inner margin sinuate and strongly narrowed proximally, Oreodytes kanoi Kamiya, from Japan, is suggested as the sister-group of members of the O. alaskanus clade based on the shared presence in the female of a last abdominal sternite with an emargination at the apex.

scholarly journals Taxonomic synthesis of the eastern North American millipede genus Pseudopolydesmus (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Polydesmidae), utilizing high-detail ultraviolet fluorescence imaging

2019 ◽  
Vol 187 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petra Sierwald ◽  
Derek A Hennen ◽  
Xavier J Zahnle ◽  
Stephanie Ware ◽  
Paul E Marek
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
Fluorescence Imaging ◽  
North American ◽  
Type Material ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Subjective Synonym ◽  
Scanning Electron

Abstract The species of the eastern North American millipede genus Pseudopolydesmus are reviewed. Synonyms and comprehensive literature citations are provided for each of the eight recognized species. Diagnostic morphology of the genus, including clarification of male gonopod terminology, is reviewed and defined using scanning electron microscopy and high-quality macrophotographic images, including those in which ultraviolet fluorescence was induced to produce detailed images of morphological structures. Based on the examination of available type material, the following eight species are recognized: (1) Pseudopolydesmus erasus; (2) Pseudopolydesmus canadensis; (3) Pseudopolydesmus collinus; (4) Pseudopolydesmus pinetorum; (5) Pseudopolydesmus minor; (6) Pseudopolydesmus caddo; (7) Pseudopolydesmus paludicolus; and (8) Pseudopolydesmus serratus. The species names Polydesmus neoterus and Polydesmus euthetus are here placed as junior subjective synonyms of Ps. minor (both syn. nov.), and Polydesmus natchitoches is placed as a junior subjective synonym of Ps. pinetorum (syn. nov.).

Paratylenchinae: redescription of Paratylenchus arculatus Luc & de Guiran, 1962, a new senior synonym of P. nainianus Edward & Misra, 1963 (Nematoda: Tylenchulidae)

Nematology ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 375-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michal Brzeski ◽  
Ladislav Hanel ◽  
Andres Nico ◽  
Pablo Castillo
Keyword(s):  
Sandy Soil ◽  
Clay Soil ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Southern Spain ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Senior Synonym ◽  
Subjective Synonym

AbstractSeveral populations of Paratylenchus arculatus from sandy soil and root samples from olive nurseries in southern Spain and from uncultivated clay soil in New South Wales, Australia are described. P. nainianus Edward & Misra, 1963 is considered as a junior subjective synonym of P. arculatus. Paratylenchinae: redescription de Paratylenchus arculatus Luc & de Guiran, 1962, un nouveau synonym majeur de P. nainianus Edward & Misra, 1963 (Nematoda: Tylenchulidae) - Sont decrites plusieurs populations de Paratylenchus arculatus provenant d'echantillons de sol sableux et de racines collectes dans des pepinieres d'olivier du sud de l'Espagne et d'un sol argileux en jachere des Nouvelles Galles du Sud, Australie. P. nainianus Edward & Misra, 1963 est considere comme un synonyme mineur subjectif de P. arculatus.

Systematic relationships of Propelops, with a modification of family-group taxa in Phenopelopoidea (Acari: Oribatida)

1986 ◽  
Vol 64 (10) ◽  
pp. 2370-2383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy A. Norton ◽  
Valerie M. Behan-Pelletier
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
Oribatid Mite ◽  
Family Group ◽  
Coniferous Forests ◽  
Phylogenetic Systematics ◽  
The Family ◽  
Systematic Relationships ◽  
Mite Genus ◽  
Subjective Synonym

Relationships of the oribatid mite genus Propelops, whose members are common in the litter of North American coniferous forests, are assessed using the principles of phylogenetic systematics; characters of both adults and newly discovered immatures are analyzed. The closest relatives of Propelops are among the Phenopelopidae (despite the lack of specialized mouthparts previously used to characterize the family) rather than the Ceratozetidae, as commonly suggested. A new phenopelopid subfamily, Propelopinae, is proposed to include Propelops. The phenopelopid genus Tectopelops Jacot, 1929 is considered a junior subjective synonym of Eupelops Ewing, 1917. Unduloribatidae, most commonly included among the Oribatelloidea, is transferred to the Phenopelopoidea, and new diagnoses are presented for all phenopelopoid family-group taxa.

Review of the trilobites from the Middle Ordovician Barr Group, Girvan district, Scotland

1993 ◽  
Vol 84 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. P. Tripp
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North American ◽  
Close Relationships ◽  
Growth Stages ◽  
Middle Ordovician ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Size And Morphology ◽  
One New Species ◽  
General Stage ◽  
Subjective Synonym

AbstractCollections from the Barr Group (late Llanvirn to early Caradoc) of the Girvan district are described and occurrences of all trilobites from both the Barr and Albany groups are listed and their frequencies recorded. The close relationships with North American faunas are emphasised, and three Girvan and North American species are considered synonymous. One new species is described, Bevanopsis phyllisae. Pandaspinapyga is considered a junior subjective synonym of Acanthoparypha. The possibility that Alwynulus may be an aberrant staurocephalid is discussed.Growth stages of several genera are illustrated; some show unexpectedly large differences in size and morphology in comparison with North American silicified species at the same general stage of development.

A revision of the North American species of Brachylomia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Xyleninae) with descriptions of four new species

2007 ◽  
Vol 139 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-227
Author(s):  
James T. Troubridge ◽  
J. Donald Lafontaine
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North American ◽  
North American Species ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
International Code ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
The North ◽  
Senior Synonym ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae

AbstractThe North American species of Brachylomia Hampson, 1906 are revised and four new species (B. cascadiasp. nov., B. obscurifasciasp. nov., B. pallidasp. nov., and B. sierrasp. nov.) are described. The monotypic genus Lomilysis Franclemont, 1937 is synonymized with Brachylomia. Epunda onychina Guenée, 1852, which is currently placed in Brachylomia, is reclassified as a senior synonym of Egira alternans (Walker, [1857]), but Epunda onychina, not being associated with any known species in more than 150 years, is treated as a nomen oblitum, so Egira alternans is a nomen protectum under provisions of Article 23.9.2 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Adults and genitalia of Nearctic species of Brachylomia are figured.

scholarly journals The identity of Alfred Wallace’s mysterious butterfly taxon Lycaena nisa solved: Famegana nisa comb. nov., a senior synonym of F. alsulus (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 966 ◽  
pp. 153-162
Author(s):  
Yu-Feng Hsu
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Western Pacific ◽  
Senior Synonym ◽  
Subjective Synonym

Lycaena nisa Wallace, 1866 was described from Formosa (Taiwan) and is here recognized as a senior subjective synonym of Lycaena alsulus Herrich-Schäffer, 1869. It is resurrected to serve as the valid name, Famegana nisa (Wallace, 1866), comb nov. of the species commonly known as Famegana alsulus. The name Zizera taiwana Sonan, 1938 (syn. nov.), also described from Formosa, is recognized as a junior subjective synonym of L. nisa. Another name, Zizeeria alsulus eggletoni Corbet, 1941 (syn. nov.), described from Hong Kong is also considered a junior subjective synonym of L. nisa. Moreover, all former synonyms of alsulus automatically become new junior synonyms for nisa. This species occurs in the Oriental and Australian regions and western Pacific.

scholarly journals Some anthoathecate hydroids and limnopolyps (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Hawaiian archipelago

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2590 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
DALE R. CALDER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
Shallow Waters ◽  
Systematic Account ◽  
Correct Spelling ◽  
The Family ◽  
Senior Synonym ◽  
First Time ◽  
One New Species ◽  
Subjective Synonym

A systematic account is given of 17 families, 25 genera, and 32 species of anthoathecate hydroids and limnopolyps reported from Hawaii. Applying Reversal of Precedence provisions in zoological nomenclature, the familiar hydrozoan genus names Hydractinia Van Beneden, 1844a, Bimeria Wright, 1859a, and Porpita Lamarck, 1801 are designated as valid and as nomena protecta, while seldom-used older names threatening them (the synonyms Echinochorium Hassall, 1841 and Manicella Allman, 1859a, and the homonym Porpita Soldani, 1789 respectively) are relegated to nomena oblita. Also designated a nomen oblitum is the name Pyxidium Leuckart, 1856, threatening its junior but widely used synonym Ectopleura L. Agassiz, 1862. The species name Bimeria vestita Wright, 1859a is rendered valid and a nomen protectum, while its virtually unused senior synonym Manicella fusca Allman, 1859 becomes a nomen oblitum. Hydrodendrium Nutting, 1905 is reinstated as a valid genus, distinct from Hydractinia and replacing its junior objective synonym Nuttingia Stechow, 1909. The spelling of Hydrodendridae Nutting, 1905 is emended to Hydrodendriidae, but that family name is retained as a synonym of Hydractiniidae. Usage of the familiar generic name Sphaerocoryne Pictet, 1893 is upheld by recognizing it and its former senior subjective synonym Corynetes Haeckel, 1879 as valid. The correct spelling of the family name originally founded as Olindiadae Haeckel, 1879 is taken to be Olindiidae, and spelling of the species name Solanderia misakinensis (Inaba, 1892), first established as Dendrocryne (sic) misakii, is stabilized. One new species, Stylactaria munita, is described from shallow waters at Hawaii Kai, Oahu. Lectotypes are designated for Corydendrium corrugatum Nutting, 1905 and Corydendrium minor Nutting, 1905 (=Turritopsis minor), both originally described from Hawaii. Type material of Balea mirabilis Nutting, 1905 (=Balella mirabilis), originally described from waters between the islands of Molokai and Maui, could not be located. Six anthoathecate species [Corydendrium parasiticum (Linnaeus, 1767), Bimeria vestita, Amphinema sp., Eudendrium carneum Clarke, 1882, Ectopleura viridis (Pictet, 1893), and Sphaerocoryne bedoti Pictet, 1893] are recorded from Hawaii for the first time.

On the taxonomy of Palaemon javanicus Heller, 1862, and Palaemon sundaicus Heller, 1862, with description of a new species of Macrobrachium Bate, 1868 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae) from Southeast Asia

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2372 (1) ◽  
pp. 278-297
Author(s):  
DAISY WOWOR ◽  
PETER K. L. NG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Sensu Stricto ◽  
Current Concept ◽  
Paper Making ◽  
Median Process ◽  
Senior Synonym ◽  
De Man ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Subjective Synonym

Re-examination of the type material of Palaemon javanicus Heller, 1862, shows that the current concept of the species is wrong. This species is in fact a senior subjective synonym of a widespread Southeast Asian species now known as Macrobrachium trompii (De Man, 1898). The species now commonly referred to as “Macrobrachium javanicum” following De Man (1879) from Southeast Asia is in fact, undescribed, and is here named Macrobrachium duri spec. nov. Macrobrachium duri spec. nov. can easily be distinguished from M. javanicum sensu stricto by the presence of a small triangular median process on the fourth thoracic sternite, possessing spinulate third to fifth pereiopods, having both second periopods covered with spines and few scattered short stiff setae, and the eggs been small and numerous. To add to the confusion, Palaemon javanicus Heller, 1862, is also synonymous with P. sundaicus Heller, 1862, and both were described by Heller (1862) in the same paper, making both names simultaneously available. As first revisors, we hereby choose P. sundaicus Heller, 1862, to have priority over P. javanicus Heller, 1862, when the two names are considered to be synonyms. Palaemon sundaicus Heller, 1862, is therefore also the senior synonym of Macrobrachium trompii (De Man, 1898).

Contribution to the taxonomy of Eastern North American Epeorus Eaton (Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1128 (1) ◽  
pp. 57 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. WEBB ◽  
W. P. MCCAFFERTY
Keyword(s):  
West Virginia ◽  
North American ◽  
Head Capsule ◽  
Species Group ◽  
North American Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
Group Species ◽  
Subjective Synonym

The larva of Epeorus punctatus (McDunnough) is described for the first time based on reared specimens from West Virginia. Larvae are differentiated from those of other E. vitreus species group species by the bluntly pointed femoral projections, subrectangular head capsule, and short posterolateral abdominal projections. Epeorus rubidus (Traver) is considered to be a junior subjective synonym of E. vitreus (Walker). A key for the known larvae of the eastern North American species of the E. vitreus species group [E. dispar (Traver), E. punctatus, E. subpallidus (Traver), E. vitreus] is provided.

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