Lectotypifications and nomenclatural notes in the Boraginaceae s.str. for the Flora of Ecuador

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 278 (1) ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
NORBERT HOLSTEIN ◽  
MAXIMILIAN WEIGEND
Keyword(s):  
Type Material ◽  
Taxonomic Treatment ◽  
History Of ◽  
Eleven Species

 During the preparation of a taxonomic treatment concerning Boraginaceae s.str. for the Flora of Ecuador, we found that there are eleven species currently known in that area. We herewith designate lectotypes for some of the names concerned: Cynoglossum revolutum and Cynoglossum mexicanum (both Hackelia revoluta), Amsinckia hispida and Eritrichium mandonii (both Amsinckia calycina), and Anchusa linifolia and Lithospermum alpinum (both Plagiobothrys linifolius). The complex history of the type material of various synonyms of Plagiobothrys linifolius based on material by Bonpland and Humboldt is briefly discussed.

Identity of the oribatid mite Oribata curva and transfer to Trichogalumna (Acari, Oribatida, Galumnidae), with discussion of nomenclatural and biogeographical issues in the ‘curva’ species-group

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4272 (4) ◽  
pp. 551
Author(s):  
ROY A. NORTON ◽  
SERGEY G. ERMILOV
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Oribatid Mite ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
History Of ◽  
Molecular Assessment

Based on the study of type material, other historical specimens, and new collections, the adult of the thelytokous oribatid mite Oribata curva Ewing, 1907 (Galumnidae) is redescribed and the name is recombined to Trichogalumna curva (Ewing, 1907) comb. nov. A confusing history of synonymies and misidentifications is traced in detail, and their effect on published statements about biogeography is assessed. Reliable records of T. curva are only those from North America. The tropical mite Pergalumna ventralis (Willmann, 1932) is not a subspecies of T. curva. The widely-reported Trichogalumna nipponica (Aoki, 1966) and other similar species form a complex with T. curva that needs further morphological and molecular assessment. 

scholarly journals A review of fungus gnats in the tribe Exechiini (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from the J. W. Zetterstedt collection at the Museum of Zoology in Lund, Sweden

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 856 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOSTEIN KJÆRANDSEN
Keyword(s):  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Modern Literature ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
Nomen Dubium ◽  
Fungus Gnats ◽  
First Time ◽  
Eleven Species

The collections of fungus gnats by Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt (1785–1874), lodged in the Museum of Zoology in Lund, Sweden, are examined for all species belonging in the tribe Exechiini Edwards. The majority of the material was collected in Fennoscandia, mainly in Sweden, in the first half of the 19 th century. Altogether 37 species of the tribe Exechiini could be safely identified. Three additional species are strongly indicated to be present in the collections, but could not be identified with certainty, viz. Allodia (Brachycampta) alternans (Zetterstedt, 1838), Cordyla murina Winnertz, 1863 and Stigmatomeria crassicornis (Stannius, 1831). Some of Zetterstedt's types have been erroneously synonymized and misinterpreted in modern literature. Hence, illustrations of terminalia are presented for all recognizable Exechiini types described by Zetterstedt. In order to preserve nomenclatural stability a lectotype is selected for Brevicornu griseolum (Zetterstedt, 1852) sensu auctore nec Edwards, and a neotype is selected for Allodia (Brachycampta) alternans (Zetterstedt, 1838). Two species names are reinstated, viz. Brevicornu canescens (Zetterstedt, 1852) sp. restit. stat. n. and Notolopha brachycera (Zetterstedt, 1838) sp. restit. stat. n. Two new synonyms are established, viz. Notolopha brachycera (Zetterstedt, 1838) = Allodiopsis (Notol- opha) tuomikoskii Zaitzev & Maximova, 2000 syn. n., and Brevicornu griseolum (Zetterstedt,1852) = Brevicornu boreale (Lundström, 1914) syn. n. All type specimens of Brevicornu fusculum (Zetterstedt, 1838) have lost their abdomens. No material of Exechia parvula (Zetterstedt, 1852) or Cordyla canescens Zetterstedt, 1852 could be located in the collections. Although the type material of Exechia parvula probably is lost, the name is still valid as a junior synonym for Mycetophila nana Staeger, 1840 since Mycetophila nana Staeger, 1840 is a junior primary homonym of Mycetophila nana Macquart, 1826. Cordyla canescens has been made a junior synonym for Stigmatomeria crassicornis (Stannius, 1831). The identity of Brevicornu fusculum is highly uncertain and the name must remain as a nomen dubium. Eleven species are reinstated or correctly reported from Sweden for the first time: Allodia (Allodia) tuomikoskii Hackman, 1971, Allodia (Allodia) zaitzevi Kurina, 1998, Allodiopsis rustica (Edwards, 1941), Brevicornu canescens (Zetterstedt, 1852), Brevicornu nigrofuscum (Lundström, 1909), Exechiopsis (Xenexechia) crucigera (Lundström, 1909), Pseudexechia aurivernica Chandler, 1978, Notolopha brachycera (Zetterstedt, 1852) Synplasta gracilis (Winnertz, 1863), Tarnania dziedzickii (Edwards, 1941), and Tarnania nemoralis (Edwards, 1941).

A revision of Corniculariella

1978 ◽  
Vol 56 (14) ◽  
pp. 1665-1690 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank DiCosmo
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Nomen Dubium ◽  
History Of ◽  
Nomen Novum

A history of the names Corniculariella and Cornularia is presented. Cornularia is rejected as superfluous. Emended descriptions of Corniculariella, and C. abietis, its type species, are provided. A key is given for seven form-species: C. abietis, C. harpographoidea sp. nov., C. hystricina comb. nov., C. populi sp. nov., C. pseudotsugae comb. nov., C. spina comb. nov., and C. urceola comb. nov.Cornularia viburni is considered a nomen dubium, C. sphaeroidea is considered to belong in Heteropatella, and C. macrospora is considered to belong in Subulariella. A brief history of C. microscopica is presented. Some names in Cornularia led to revisions of other genera. Micropera was found to be a later homonym, and Foveostroma, nomen novum, is proposed to accommodate M. drupacearum, the type species, and also M. abietina. Emended descriptions for Gelatinosporium and G. betulinum, its type species, are presented.In the table, the transfers of form-species of Corniculariella can be followed by tracing the symbol representing each form-species. All illustrations are of type material.

scholarly journals A Review of Philenis Champion, 1906 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Conoderinae), with Descriptions of New Species from Central and South America

Diversity ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry Hespenheide
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
South America ◽  
French Guiana ◽  
Social Hymenoptera ◽  
Taxonomic Treatment ◽  
The Family ◽  
Trapping Methods ◽  
History Of ◽  
Unusual Type

A brief review of the history of the taxonomic treatment of the genus Philenis Champion is presented and characters are discussed. Philenisflavipes Champion and P.fuscofemorata Champion, and 11 new species are described, including the first records from South America: P.anzaldoinewspecies (Costa Rica, Panamá), P.costaricensisnew species (Costa Rica), P.laselvaensisnew species (Costa Rica), P.auritibiaenew species (Costa Rica), P.brunneanew species (Costa Rica, Panamá), P.muscamimeticanewspecies (Panamá), P.chiriquiensisnew species (Panamá), P.guyanensisnew species (French Guiana), P.ferrugineanew species (Ecuador), P.howdeninew species (Ecuador), and P.kuschelinewspecies (Colombia, Ecuador). A key is provided to separate the species, and an unusual type of “multifurcate” scale is reported for some species. Two species have been associated with plants of the family Araceae. Most collections of this genus by the Arthropods of La Selva (ALAS) biodiversity project in Costa Rica were made by passive trapping methods during the dry season and at lower to middle elevations along an altitudinal transect on the slopes of Volcan Barva. The coloration of some species in the genus is hypothesized to mimic social Hymenoptera or flies.

Studies on the development, life history and taxonomy of the Ectocarpales (Phaeophyta) in southern Australia

1974 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 743 ◽  
Author(s):  
MN Clayton
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Brown Algae ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
Type Material ◽  
History Of ◽  
Juvenile Stages ◽  
Morphology Development ◽  
Sexual Processes

The morphology, development and life history of filamentous brown algae, in particular species of the commoner genera Feldmannia, Giffordia and Hecatonema, are described. Morphogenetic differences parallel the well known morphological distinctions between Feldmannia and Giffordia. Two 'species' of Feldmannia, F. globifer and F. simplex, are not distinct but rather exhibit continous variation of a clinal nature. Previous records of Giffordia secunda are shown to apply to Giffordia granulosa. Studies of living and type material of Ectocarpus sordidus indicate that its affinities lie with the genus Giffordia, to which it is transferred. Life histories of the various ectocarpalean taxa show many similarities and, with minor exceptions do not furnish additional useful taxonomic characters. The predominant means of reproduction amongst the Australian Ectocarpales are asexual, sexual processes being apparently of minor signi- ficance. Life history studies of Hecatonema maculans show it to be indistinct from juvenile stages of two members of the Dictyosiphonales, Desmotrichum undulatum and Punctaria latifolia. Five genera and six species are newly recorded for Australia. The genera are Acinetospoua, Hecatonenza, Kuckuckia, Kuetzingiella and Sovocarpus and the species are Acinetospora crinita (Carmichael ex Harvey in J. D. Hooker) Kornmann, Giffordia fuscata (Zanardini) Kornmann in Kuckuck, Giffordia intermedia (Rosenvinge) Lund, Hecatonema maculans (Collins) Sauvageau, Kuckuckia spinosa (Kiitzing) Kuckuck and Sorocarpus micromorus (Bory) Silva.

scholarly journals On the species of the genus Mistaria Lehtinen, 1967 studied by Roewer (1955) from Africa (Araneae, Agelenidae)

2019 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grace M. Kioko ◽  
Peter Jäger ◽  
Esther N. Kioko ◽  
Li-Qiang Ji ◽  
Shuqiang Li
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
East Africa ◽  
Type Material ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Eleven Species

Eleven species of the spider family Agelenidae Koch, 1837 are reviewed based on the type material and transferred from the genus Agelena Walckenaer, 1805 to MistariaLehtinen 1967. These species occur in various African countries as indicated and include: M.jaundea (Roewer, 1955), comb. nov. (♂, Cameroon), M.jumbo (Strand, 1913), comb. nov. (♂♀, Central & East Africa), M.kiboschensis (Lessert, 1915), comb. nov. (♂♀, Central & East Africa), M.keniana (Roewer, 1955), comb. nov. (♀, Kenya), M.lawrencei (Roewer, 1955), comb. nov. (♀, Zimbabwe), M.longimamillata (Roewer, 1955), comb. nov. (♀, Mozambique), M.moschiensis (Roewer, 1955), comb. nov. (♀, Tanzania), M.mossambica (Roewer, 1955), comb. nov. (♀, Mozambique), M.nyassana (Roewer, 1955), comb. nov. (♀, Malawi), M.teteana (Roewer, 1955), comb. nov. (♂, Mozambique) and M.zuluana (Roewer, 1955), comb. nov. (♀, South Africa).

scholarly journals A comprehensive checklist of Estonian myxomycetes

Karstenia ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 241-249
Author(s):  
Iryna Yatsiuk ◽  
Gražina Adamonytė ◽  
Veiko Kastanje
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Current Work ◽  
History Of ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Eleven Species

The history of the myxomycetes research in Estonia dates back to the middle of the 19th century, with first data occurring in the H. A. Dietrich’s book published in 1856. The current work summarizes all the published reports of Estonian myxomycetes as well as some unpublished data and herbaria revisions. After the assessment of the taxonomic status of published records and bringing in line with currently accepted taxonomy, we present the updated checklist of the myxomycetes of Estonia, comprising 150 species representing 39 genera. Eleven species were excluded from the list as doubtful.

Brazilian Polycladida (Rhabditophora: Platyhelminthes): Rediscovery of Marcus’ type material and general revision

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4490 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
JULIANA BAHIA ◽  
MICHAEL SCHRÖDL
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Marine Invertebrates ◽  
Type Material ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Brazilian Coast ◽  
Museum Collections ◽  
First Time ◽  
Future Reference ◽  
Eleven Species

Polyclads are a conspicuous group of marine invertebrates, the most charismatic members of the phylum Platyhelminthes. From Brazil, a total of 71 polyclad species were reported or described. Only three of them were recently described, five are recent records for the Brazilian coast, and 55 were described by Ernest and Eveline Marcus, who were by far the most productive workers. However, they quite often published in Portuguese or German, rather than English, and have not designated type material or specified material deposited in museum collections. Most of the polylcad material studied by the Marcus was found to be in the Swedish Museum of Natural History. Here we summarize the knowledge about Brazilian polyclad biodiversity, give information about deposited material in different museums for future reference, and designate type material for the species that did not have any. We examined 58 polyclad species reported from Brazil and designated type material and information available on type series of 52 species. Lectotypes (89 vouchers) were designated for 30 species and paralectotypes (73 specimens / 70 vouchers) were designated for 22 Brazilian species. Among the 261 type vouchers examined in this work, 22 species (77 vouchers) had material recognized as holotypes and 2 vouchers were recognized as paratypes. Of the total number of species reported from Brazil, 10 species remain without information about type material. In the present paper we also propose a new combination (Lurymare cynarium nov. comb.). Eleven species have their geographical distribution range broadened and 42 were photographed for the first time, five of those were photographed live as well. The number of Brazilian polyclad species is expected to rise when different regions and environments are surveyed. 

Revision of the subgenus Marquesania (Acari : Atopomelidae : Listrophoroides)

2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andre V. Bochkov ◽  
Alex Fain
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Reconstruction ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Oriental Region ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
History Of ◽  
New Diagnosis

The subgenus Marquesania Womersley (Acari : Atopomelidae : Listrophoroides) is revised. The species of this subgenus are permanent parasites living in the fur of rats (Rodentia : Murinae) in the Oriental region, Australia and New Guinea. Most of the type material has been examined. Two new species, Listrophoroides melomys, sp. nov. from Melomys moncktoni (Thomas) and L. mordax, sp. nov. from Rattus mordax (Thomas) are described from New Guinea. A new diagnosis of the subgenus Marquesania, detailed descriptions, and a key for all species is provided. The phylogenetic reconstruction of the subgenus Marquesania was effected by the method of parsimonius cladistics. The monophyly of the subgenus is strongly supported by this analysis, and most species from the Oriental region fall at the base of the cladogram. The distribution of Marquesania species on their hosts is discussed. It is suggested that these mites originated in the Oriental region and then migrated to Australia and New Guinea. The distribution of Marquesania species in the Australian and New Guinean regions is noticeably complicated, reflecting the complex settling history of their hosts.

Zoological collections in the early British Museum: the Zoological Society's Museum

1997 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALWYNE WHEELER
Keyword(s):  
British Empire ◽  
British Museum ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Zoological Society ◽  
History Of ◽  
Short Space

The most important zoological collection in London outside of the British Museum was that established by the Zoological Society of London. It was to have only a fleeting existence of 30 years from its foundation in 1825. Yet in that short space of time, its collections of vertebrate specimens came to rival those of the British Museum both in volume and in taxonomic value, and attracted visiting workers from Europe to study its specimens. To some extent its extraordinary success was due to the high calibre of its contributors during the expansionist and exploratory period of the British Empire, but the quality of its curatorial staff played an important role in its success. Well within the three decades of its lifespan inadequate funding leading to difficulties with accommodation and insufficient spending on the care of the specimens caused the collection to deteriorate. Within the administrative priorities of the Society the Museum took second place to the Menagerie and by 1854 the dispersal of the collection had commenced. Some of the material came to the British Museum but not all the important specimens. Many specimens including type material and historically important collections were dispersed to relatively obscure local collections in which their importance has been lost sight of, if it was ever recognized. This paper outlines the history of the Zoological Society's Museum, discusses the importance of its holdings and assesses the contribution that it made to the collections of the British Museum.

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