An account of the generic and specific names, and type specimens of viperid taxa described by Albert Franz Theodor Reuss (Squamata: Viperidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1514 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
LÁSZLÓ KRECSÁK
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Main Part ◽  
Type Material ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Swedish Museum ◽  
Complete Account

A complete account of nomina and type specimens of the viperid taxa described by the German herpetologist Theodor Reuss is provided. A list of new genera and subgenera created by Reuss is given. Nomina used in present Viperidae systematics are also mentioned and commented. Synonyms and chresonyms have been found in five genera: Bitis Gray, 1842; Crotalus Linnaeus, 1758; Macrovipera Reuss, 1927; Montatheris Broadley, 1996; Proatheris Broadley, 1996 and Vipera Laurenti, 1768. Forty-four taxa described by Reuss were found, and type(s) have been identified for 21 taxa. I propose the designation of lectotypes for Vipera coronis nigroides Reuss, 1925, Vipera (Pelias) coronis zamenoides Reuss, 1925, Vipera (Mesocoronis) coronis beroides Reuss 1927, Macrovipera lebetina cypriensis Reuss, 1933 and a paralectotype for Vipera coronis nigroides Reuss, 1925. Type material was identified in the Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Frankfurt (SMF), Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino (MZUT), Naturhistorisches Museum Basel (NMB), Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm (NRM), Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Collection Lorenz Müller, München (ZSM (SLM)) and in the Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (ZMB), where the main part of the Reuss material has been deposited. Remarks on the usage of Reuss’s names for nomenclatural purposes are made.

The type specimens of Papilionoidea in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia (Lepidoptera)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4790 (3) ◽  
pp. 473-490 ◽  
Author(s):  
STANISLAV ABADJIEV ◽  
MARIO LANGOUROV
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Nominal Species ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Bulgarian Academy ◽  
New Synonym ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

This paper comprises a catalogue of the type material of true butterflies (Papilionoidea) kept in the National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in Sofia. The collection contains types of nine nominal species group taxa, described by S. Abadjiev, S. Beshkov, I. Buresch, H. Rebel, and K. Tuleschkow. Lectotypes have been designated for Colias myrmidone balcanica Rebel, 1901, Erebia tyndarus macedonica Buresch, 1919, E. gorge pirinica Buresch, 1919, Euchloe gruneri macedonica Buresch, 1921, Sathyrus [sic] arethusa strumata Buresch, 1919, and Doritis apollinus var. thracica Buresch, 1915. One new synonym has been established: Papilio arethusa arethusa [Denis et Schiffermüller], 1775 = Sathyrus [sic] arethusa strumata Buresch, 1919, syn. nov. 

Discovery and redescription of type material of Nausithoe simplex (Kirkpatrick, 1890), comb. nov. (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa: Coronatae: Nausithoidae) from the North Atlantic

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3320 (1) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDRÉ C. MORANDINI ◽  
GERHARD JARMS
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Morphometric Measurements ◽  
History Museum ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Atlantic

With discovery and examination of type specimens in the Natural History Museum, London, UK, we reassign Stephanoscyph-istoma simplex (Kirkpatrick, 1890) to the genus Nausithoe Kölliker, 1853, as Nausithoe simplex, comb. nov., and designate alectotype for the species. Use of morphometric measurements is considered important in coronate systematics, but key featuresalso include the unique whorl of internal cusps and the shape of these cusps. All previous records of N. simplex must be re-evaluated, taking into consideration the morphology of these internal cusps.

The hornless rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus inermis Lesson, 1836) discovered by Lamare-Picquot in the Sundarbans of Bangladesh in 1828, with notes on the history of his Asian collections

Mammalia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 84 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kees Rookmaaker
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Main Part ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Georges Cuvier ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Ganges ◽  
A New Species ◽  
The Sundarbans

Abstract The French pharmacist and explorer Christoph-Augustin Lamare-Picquot (1785–1873) was in South Asia during 1826–1829 to collect ethnographical, anthropological, zoological and botanical specimens. He made an excursion to the Sundarbans (the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta) of Bangladesh, where on 17 November 1828 his team shot a female rhinoceros and caught her young one the next day, just south of Khulna. Both animals were completely hornless. He returned to France in the spring of 1830, where his zoological specimens were assessed by Georges Cuvier, and his other collections relating to ethnography by other scholars. All recommended purchase by the French Government, but circumstances did not allow this. A few animals were described by scientists connected with the Natural History Museum in Paris. After Lamare-Picquot published an account of the hunting expedition in 1835, the rhinoceros was described as a new species Rhinoceros inermis, by René-Primivère Lesson, first in a supplement to Buffon dated 1836, and not, as accepted until now, in restatements dating from 1838 or later. The main part of the zoological collection was bought by the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III in 1836 and integrated in museums in Berlin. Other collections were exhibited as a “Panthéon Indien” in Vienna and Bratislava from 1838, until they were purchased by the Bavarian King Ludwig in 1841, and added to a museum in Munich. The type specimens of R. inermis are still preserved in the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin. The adult female (ZMB_Mam_1957) was selected as the lectotype.

scholarly journals Taxonomic changes resulting from a review of the types of Australian Anoplognathini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) housed in Swedish natural history collections

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4908 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-238
Author(s):  
MATTHIAS SEIDEL ◽  
CHRIS A.M. REID
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
The Other ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Natural History Collections ◽  
New Synonym ◽  
Senior Synonym ◽  
Taxonomic Changes ◽  
First Time ◽  
Total Type

The type material of Australian Anoplognathini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) housed in Swedish natural history collections is reviewed, concerning three genera: Anoplognathus Leach, 1815, Amblyterus MacLeay, 1819, and Repsimus MacLeay, 1819. The species were described by G.J. Billberg, J.W. Dalman, L. Gyllenhal, C.J. Schönherr, O. Swartz, and C.P. Thunberg. The contemporary type material of W.S. MacLeay in the Macleay Museum, Sydney, is also examined as it has been overlooked by previous researchers. In total, type specimens for 12 species described between 1817 and 1822 were found in the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet in Stockholm the Evolutionsmuseet in Uppsala and the Macleay Museum. Five of these species are valid: Anoplognathus brunnipennis, (Gyllenhal, 1817); A. olivieri (Schönherr & Dalman, 1817); A. porosus (Dalman, 1817); Amblyterus cicatricosus (Gyllenhal, 1817); and Repsimus manicatus (Swartz, 1817). The other seven species are junior synonyms, as follows (senior synonym first): A. brunnipennis = Rutela chloropyga Thunberg, 1822 (new synonym); A. olivieri = Rutela lacunosa Thunberg, 1822 (new synonym); A. viridiaeneus (Donovan, 1805) = A. latreillei (Schönherr & Gyllenhal, 1817); A. viriditarsus Leach, 1815 = Rutela analis Dalman, 1817; and R. manicatus = Anoplognathus brownii W.J. MacLeay, 1819 = A. dytiscoides W. J. MacLeay, 1819 = Rutela ruficollis Thunberg, 1822 (new synonym). Authorship of A. latreillei and A. olivieri is corrected, as noted above. Anoplognathus brunnipennis has been misidentified for the last 60 years at least, leading to the synonymy noted above. Anoplognathus flavipennis Boisduval, 1835 (revised status), is reinstated as the oldest available name for the misidentified A. brunnipennis and the types of A. flavipennis in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, are illustrated. Lectotypes are designated for: Anoplognathus brownii, A. flavipennis, A. dytiscoides, Melolontha cicatricosa, Rutela analis, R. brunnipennis, R. lacunosa, R. latreillei, R. manicata, R. olivieri, R. porosa, R. ruficollis, and R. chloropyga. Photographs of all type specimens examined are presented for the first time. 

Not from “Down Under”: new synonymies and combinations for orb-weaving spiders (Araneae: Araneidae) erroneously reported from Australia

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2073 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
VOLKER W. FRAMENAU ◽  
NIKOLAJ SCHARFF ◽  
HERBERT W. LEVI
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
New Synonymy

The examination of type material of presumed Australian orb-weaving spiders as part of a revision of the Araneidae of this country revealed that a number of species are not from Australia. The Natural History Museum, Vienna (Austria) holds the type material of three species of orb-weaving spiders that were originally described from Australia, however all of the species are undoubtedly of American, most likely southern Brazilian, origin and it is unlikely that they were collected in Australia. We propose the following synonymies and generic transfers: Acacesia tenella (L. Koch, 1871) comb. nov. (= Acacesia cornigera Petrunkevitch, 1925 new synonymy); Alpaida navicula (L. Koch, 1871) comb. nov. (= Alpaida roemeri (Strand, 1908) new synonymy); and Eustala mucronatella (Roewer, 1942) comb. nov. In addition, Novearanea queribunda (Keyserling, 1887) comb. nov. (= Araneus quaesitus (Keyserling, 1887) new synonymy; = Novaranea laevigata (Urquhart, 1891) new synonymy) is a New Zealand orb-weaving spider based on the labels that were found with the type specimens housed at the Natural History Museum, London (England). In the original description no locality data was given for N. queribunda and “Australien” was erroneously listed for A. quaesitus.

Nomenclatural notes on species of Cleistes (Orchidaceae: Vanilloideae) described by João Barbosa Rodrigues

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 496 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-188
Author(s):  
EMERSON RICARDO PANSARIN ◽  
FÁBIO DE BARROS ◽  
ANA KELLY KOCH
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
South American ◽  
Taxonomic Study ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Original Illustrations ◽  
Swedish Museum ◽  
Eleven Species

During our taxonomic study of Cleistes, we noticed that some species names published (under the genus name Pogonia) by the Brazilian botanist João Barbosa Rodrigues needed revision. In our search for type specimens, we found the holotypes of Pogonia aphylla and P. paranaensis in the herbarium of the Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro (R), and the holotype of P. monantha at the herbarium of the Swedish Museum of Natural History (S). The remaining type specimens housed at RB herbarium have been lost. Consequently, the designation of lectotypes for those species names is needed. Therefore, the original illustrations are here designated as lectotypes of eleven species names. Furthermore, we also propose 14 synonyms for South American Cleistes.

scholarly journals Type specimens of Zygaenidae in the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia (Lepidoptera)

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 9-13
Author(s):  
Stanislav Abadjiev ◽  
Ana Nahirnić-Beshkova
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Nominal Species ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Bulgarian Academy ◽  
Annotated List ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

This paper comprises an annotated list of the type material of Zygaenidae kept in the National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in Sofia. The collection contains types of five nominal species group taxa, described by B. Alberti, A. Drenowski and O. Holik.

scholarly journals Annotated catalogue of the types of Triphoridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Natural History Museum of the United Kingdom, London

2019 ◽  
Vol 95 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-308
Author(s):  
Paolo G. Albano ◽  
Piet A. J. Bakker ◽  
Bruno Sabelli
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Nominal Species ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Type Series ◽  
The United Kingdom

We revise the type specimens of 132 nominal species of worldwide Triphoridae stored in the Natural History Museum of the United Kingdom (NHMUK), London. We provide the species name in its original combination, followed by bibliographic details of the original description, the location of the known type material, the original description (and its translation when in Latin), a diagnosis and curatorial or nomenclatural notes. We illustrated most specimens in the type series in colour and with SEM imaging and we have added the original figure whenever possible. The specimens of Triphorisalveolatus, T.granulatus, T.suturalis and T.verrucosus, all A. Adams & Reeve, 1850, T.pfeifferi Crosse & Fischer, 1865 and T.cucullatus de Folin, 1867, previously considered type material, are not considered here belonging to the type series. Adams & Reeve’s taxa should be considered nomina dubia. The name Triphorainsularum is a manuscript name by H.E.J. Biggs who deposited “types” in the NHMUK but refrained from introducing the name due to the lack of apex of the studied material. We selected lectotypes for six species (T.concors Hinds, 1843, T.maxillaris Hinds, 1843, T.fuscomaculata E.A. Smith, 1904, T.shepstonensis E.A. Smith, 1906, T.eupunctata G.B. Sowerby III, 1907, and T.rufula Watson, 1886) to stabilize the nomenclature. Finally, we illustrate original specimens (although not types) of three species described by Turton, whose type material is lost.

scholarly journals Digitizing Primary Data on Biodiversity to Protect Natural History Collections Against Catastrophic Events: The type material of dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata) from Museu Nacional of Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcus De Almeida ◽  
Ângelo Pinto ◽  
Alcimar Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Catastrophic Events ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ◽  
Natural History Collections ◽  
The Impact

Natural history collections (NHC) are guardians of biodiversity (Lane 1996) and essential to understand the natural world and its evolutionary processes. They hold samples of morphological and genetic heritages of living and extinct biotas, helping to reconstruct the timeline of life over the centuries (Gardner 2014). Primary data from specimens in NHC are crucial elements for research in many areas of biological sciences, considered the “bricks” of systematics and therefore one of the pillars for evolutionary studies (Troudet 2018). For this reason, studies carried out in NHC are essential for the development of the scientific knowledge and are pivotal for the scientific-technological progress of a nation (Camargo 2015). The digitization and availability of primary data on biodiversity from NHC represents a inexpensive, practical and secure means of exchanging information, allowing collaboration between institutions and researchers. In this sense, initiatives such as the Sistema de Informação sobre a Biodiversidade Brasileira (SiBBr), a country-level branch of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) platform, aim to encourage and establish ways for the informatization of biological collections and their type specimens. Known for housing one of the largest and oldest collections of insects in the world focused on Neotropical fauna, the Entomological Collection of the Museu Nacional of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ) had more than 3,000 primary types and approximately 12,005,000 specimens, of which about 96% were lost in the tragic fire occurred at the institution on September 2, 2018. The SiBBr project was active in that collection from 2016 to 2019 and enabled the digitization and preservation of data from the type material of many insect orders, including the charismatic dragonflies (order Odonata). Due to the end of the agreement between SiBBr and the Museu Nacional, most of the obtained primary data are pending full curation and, therefore, are not yet available to the public and researchers. The MNRJ housed the biggest and most important collection of dragonflies among all Central and South American institutions. It assembled most of the physical records of neotropical dragonfly fauna gathered over the last 80 years, many of which are of undescribed taxa. Unfortunately, almost all material was permanently lost. This study aims to gather, analyze and publicize primary data of the type material of dragonflies housed in the MNRJ, ensuring the preservation of its history, as well as providing data on the taxonomy and diversity of this marvelous group of insects. A total of 11 families, 50 genera and 131 species were recorded, belonging to the suborders Anisoptera and Zygoptera with distributional records widespread in South America. The MNRJ housed 105 holotypes of dragonflies' nomina representing 11.7% of the richness of the Brazilian Odonata fauna (901 spp.), a country with the highest number of species of the biosphere. The impact of the loss of this collection to studies of these insects is unprecedented, since some enigmatic and monotypic genera such as Brasiliogomphus, Fluminagrion and Roppaneura lost 100% of their type series, while others most diverse such as Lauromacromia, Oxyagrion and Neocordulia lost 50%, 35% and 31% of their holotypes. Therefore, due to the registration and preservation of primary biodiversity data, this work reiterates the importance of curating and digitizing biological scientific collections. Furthermore, it shows extreme relevance for preserving information on existing biodiversity permanently and providing support for future research. Digitization and interconnecting digital extended specimen data proves to be one of the main and most effective ways to protect NHC heritage and their primary data against catastrophic events.

scholarly journals The millipede type specimens in the Collections of the Field Museum of Natural History (Arthropoda: Diplopoda)

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 1005 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
PETRA SIERWALD ◽  
JASON E. BOND ◽  
GRZEGORZ T. GURDA
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Relational Database ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Nomen Nudum ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Microsoft Excel ◽  
Excel Spreadsheet ◽  
Field Museum ◽  
Collection Number

Field Museum’s Millipede Collection currently comprises 376 type lots for 208 species.  Types of the millipede orders Glomeridesmida (4 species), Sphaerotheriida (2 species), Polyzoniida (1 species), Platydesmida (7 species), Siphonophorida (8 species), Stemmiulida (10 species), Chordeumatida (17 species), Polydesmida (103 species), Spirobolida (33 species), Spirostreptida (19 species), and Julida (4 species) are represented.  The collection contains type specimens of species described by the authors Bond & Sierwald (3 species), Chamberlin (95 species), Golovatch (1 species), Golovatch, Vohland & Hoffman (4 species), Hoffmann (8 species), Keeton (1 species), Loomis (85 species), Mauriès (2 species), Shear (4 species), Shear & Leonard (1 species), Shelley (1 species), Vohland (1 species), and Wesener & Sierwald (2 species).  Amplinus fortinus Chamberlin, 1952 (Polydesmida: Aphelidesmidae) is identified as a nomen nudum.  The millipede type material is separated from the main collection and vials are organized by order in jars. All lots are indentified with a unique collection number. Specimen data are cataloged and maintained in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.  The collection catalog is slated to be moved to a relational database (KE-EMU) within the next few years.

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