On the identity of Rhinusa hispida (Brulle and its current synonyms (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1805 (1) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROBERTO CALDARA ◽  
MILANA DESANČIĆ ◽  
ANDRE GASSMANN ◽  
LORENZA LEGARRETA ◽  
BRENT C. EMERSON ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Distinct Species ◽  
Genetic Differences ◽  
Type Specimens

From examination of type specimens the authors establish that Rhinusa hispida sensu auctorum is not the same species as R. hispida (Brullé, 1832), which is instead synonymous with R. tetra (Fabricius, 1792) (syn. n.). Moreover, under the name R. hispida sensu auctorum two distinct taxa are confused, which can be distinguished from each other by taxonomic, biological and genetic differences: R. pilosa (Gyllenhal, 1838) and R. brondelii (Brisout, 1862), stat. n. (= R. lanuginosa (Wollaston, 1875), syn. n.). Gymnetron vulpes Lucas, 1849 (= G. marmota Fairmaire, 1883, syn. n.), previously placed under synonymy of R. hispida (Brullé), is transferred to the genus Mecinus and considered a distinct species. A neotype of G. pilosum brondelii Brisout and lectotypes of G. hispidum Brullé, G. pilosum Gyllenhal, G. vulpes Lucas and G. lanuginosum Wollaston are designated.

Pristipomoides amoenus (Snyder 1911), a valid species of jobfish (Pisces, Lutjanidae), with comparisons to P. argyrogrammicus (Valenciennes 1832)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4728 (4) ◽  
pp. 469-476
Author(s):  
TAMAKI SHIMOSE ◽  
NOBUAKI SUZUKI ◽  
YUKIO IWATSUKI
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Analysis ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Genetic Differences ◽  
Coi Gene ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Color Patterns ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Gill Rakers ◽  
Ishigaki Island ◽  
Mtdna Coi

Platyinius amoenus Snyder 1911 has long been considered a junior synonym of Pristipomoides argyrogrammicus (Valenciennes 1832), however, the two are discernible as distinct species from color patterns and counts of gill rakers based on examination of their type materials and non-type specimens. Furthermore, genetic differences based on molecular analysis among the two species (mtDNA, COI gene) strongly support the validity of both species. Pristipomoides amoenus can be readily distinguished from P. argyrogrammicus in having no white margin to the dorsal, anal, and caudal fins, silvery blue spots continuing inside dorso-lateral yellow blotches, and presence of modally10 (vs. modally 12) lower gill rakers. Both species were collected sympatrically around Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, Japan. 

Notes on Carex (Cyperaceae) from China (VII): new synonyms and imperfectly known species

Phytotaxa ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 531 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-62
Author(s):  
SHUI-HU JIN ◽  
YI-FEI LU ◽  
WEI-JIE CHEN ◽  
XIAO-FENG JIN
Keyword(s):  
Endemic Species ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Literature Survey ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
New Synonyms

Based on literature survey, examination of type specimens and fieldwork, seven names of Carex are synonymized in the present paper: viz. Carex hypoblephara reduced to a synonym of C. glossostigma; C. dayunshanensis and C. wuyishanensis to synonyms of C. graciliflora; C. dolichogyne to a synonym of C. truncatigluma; C. kwangtoushanica to a synonym of C. tatsiensis; and C. martini to a synonym of C. rhynchophora. The holotype of Carex fokienensis is identified and confirmed at P. The putative endemic species Carex macrosandra (basionym: C. lanceolata var. macrosandra) is synonymized to C. lanceolata, whereas C. cavaleriensis, considered a synonym of the former, is here recognized as a distinct species. A lectotype is designated for C. lanceolata var. macrosandra.

scholarly journals The host plants of Euura cinereae Kopelke, 1996 and E. auritae Kopelke, 2000 (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)

2002 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens-Peter Kopelke
Keyword(s):  
Host Plants ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Convincing Evidence ◽  
Distribution Area ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Morphological Criteria ◽  
Salix Cinerea ◽  
Southern Norway

Euura auritae and Euura cinereae are distinct species making spindle-shaped stem galls on Salix aurita and on Salix cinerea, respectively. Different morphological criteria and no-choice as well as multiple choice oviposition experiments have proved E. auritae and E. cinereae to be distinct species. Euura cinereae on S. cinerea is distributed at least over Southern Norway, Germany and Austria, but within its distribution area it may occur patchily. A recent paper doubted that the type specimens of E. cinereae had been reared from S. cinerea, but rather that they had been reared from S. aurita. However, as discussed in the present paper, they give no convincing evidence that E. cinereae occurs on S. aurita rather than on S. cinerea in Finland.

On the taxonomic status of Monstrilla leucopis Sars (Crustacea: Copepoda: Monstrilloida) from Norway, with comments on the male of M. longiremis Giesbrecht

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2510 (1) ◽  
pp. 55 ◽  
Author(s):  
EDUARDO SUAREZ-MORALES
Keyword(s):  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Male Specimen ◽  
Female Type ◽  
Unique Character ◽  
Valid Taxon ◽  
University Of Oslo

Specimens of monstrilloid copepods collected and described in the early 20 th century by G.O. Sars from the coasts of Norway and deposited in the Sars Collection (University of Oslo) were re-examined. Monstrilla leucopis Sars, 1921 was described based on female and male specimens, but the species was later synonymized with M. conjunctiva Giesbrecht, 1902 by several authors. Females of this species were analyzed and compared with closely related congeners, particularly with M. conjunctiva. This analysis includes the description of previously unknown morphological details following upgraded descriptive standards in this group. Evidence was found to support the notion that the female type specimens from Kvalø, Norway represent a distinct species; thus, M. leucopis is redescribed and reinstated as a valid taxon. Previous tropical records of female M. conjunctiva are questionable, but differences with M. leucopis can be found in body and antennule proportions, the structure of the genital spines and fifth legs, and most probably, their geographical ranges. Furthermore, M. leucopis has a modified thick-walled seta on the endopods of legs 2–4, so far a unique character among monstrilloids. The single male specimen labeled as M. leucopis in the Sars Collection was also examined and it is not the male of this species as depicted by G.O. Sars (1921). It is in fact a male of M. longiremis Giesbrecht, 1893, a species for which a short supplementary description and taxonomic comments are also provided herein. The male of M. leucopis also shares some important characters with that of M. conjunctiva, but also with another male specimen that was questionably assigned to the latter species; this male probably represents an undescribed species.

Leucogyrophana (Aphyllophorales): identification of species

1978 ◽  
Vol 56 (16) ◽  
pp. 1953-1973 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Ginns
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Brown Rot ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Pale Yellow ◽  
Identification Of Species ◽  
Coniferous Wood ◽  
New Synonymy

The basidiocarps of nine species are described and the cultural characters are presented for six species. All have pale yellow spores and hyphae with clamp connections and primarily occur on coniferous wood where they are associated with a brown rot. Leucogyrophana arizonica and L. romellii are proposed as new species. Merulius pulverulenta Fr. is transferred to Leucogyrophana. New synonymy is proposed following the study of type specimens and several names previously regarded as synonyms are shown to apply to distinct species.

Case of mistaken identity: resolving the taxonomy between Trioza eugeniae Froggatt and T. adventicia Tuthill (Psylloidea: Triozidae)

2019 ◽  
Vol 110 (3) ◽  
pp. 340-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary S. Taylor ◽  
Francesco Martoni
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Control Program ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Separate Species ◽  
Mistaken Identity ◽  
South Wales ◽  
The Usa ◽  
History Of ◽  
Native And Introduced Ranges

AbstractThe ‘Eugenia psyllid’ or ‘Lilly pilly psyllid’, widely recognized in Australia and in the USA as Trioza eugeniae Froggatt (Hemiptera: Triozidae), is not T. eugeniae, but rather T. adventicia Tuthill. In this study we assessed morphological comparisons of materials from throughout the native and introduced ranges and re-examined original descriptions of both taxa, together with Froggatt's type specimens of T. eugeniae. Furthermore, through DNA barcoding analyses, we confirmed the validity of both T. adventicia and T. eugeniae as separate species. We re-described both species to include additional characters not previously included and designated a lectotype for T. eugeniae. T. eugeniae has smaller fore wings that are slightly more elongate. These lack infuscation around veins R and R1, vein Rs is relatively longer, meeting the costa closer to the wing apex; with certain veins bearing long, fine divergent setae, a character not previously described. It has consistently three inner and one outer metatibial spurs. The male parameres appear narrowly pyriform with a weak dorsolateral lobe and weakly sclerotized apices. T. adventicia has larger fore wings that are slightly more ovate with dark infuscation around veins R and R1; vein Rs is relatively shorter, meeting the costa further from the wing apex, with veins lacking long, fine divergent setae. The usual configuration of two inner and one outer metatibial spurs, previously used to separate the two species, appears inconsistent. The male parameres appear a little more broadly pyriform with slightly more sclerotized apices. T. eugeniae refers to a distinct species which has a restricted distribution only in its native range in southern subcoastal New South Wales, Australia. T. adventicia refers to a separate species, with a natural distribution in eastern subcoastal Australia, but has been introduced widely in southern Australia, to New Zealand and the USA. This study elucidates a long history of misidentification of T. eugeniae in the nursery industry and in almost 30 years of literature on its biological control in the USA. Regardless, the biological control program, unknowingly, targeted the correct species of psyllid, T. adventicia, in its foreign exploration and importation of the appropriate parasitoid as a biocontrol agent in the USA. Despite being firmly entrenched in both the nursery trade and scientific literature, the name T. eugeniae is misapplied. While the acceptance of the valid name, T. adventicia, might be regarded as both problematic and protracted, this is the correct taxonomical attribution.

Thismia: the rarest of the rare? Ranges of some Bornean species are much larger than previously believed

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 455 (4) ◽  
pp. 245-261
Author(s):  
MARTIN DANČÁK ◽  
MICHAL HRONEŠ ◽  
MICHAL SOCHOR
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Variability ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Genetic Differences ◽  
Tropical Species ◽  
Endemic Plants ◽  
Normal Type ◽  
New Localities

Fairy lanterns (Thismia; Thismiaceae, Dioscoreales) are believed to be extremely rare and narrowly endemic plants. Despite that, many new Thismia populations have been recently discovered in Borneo. These are summarized and discussed here and all twelve Bornean Thismia species with multiple localities are reviewed. New localities of T. brunneomitra, T. hexagona, T. neptunis, T. pallida and T. viridistriata are reported which considerably enlarge ranges of these species. New conservational statuses are proposed for T. brunneomitra, T. goodii, T. hexagona and T. neptunis. New or unpublished localities are also reported for T. cornuta and T. goodii. Although the known within-species morphological variability is extended only little or not at all by these finds, geographically distant populations often exhibit relatively large genetic differences, in some cases similar to those among distinct species (namely T. brunneomitra and T. minutissima). The new data show that, at least in some tropical species of Thismia, we can expect quite normal type of distribution with multiple localities over relatively large geographical areas.

Redescription of three species of Apobaetis Day, 1955 (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4808 (2) ◽  
pp. 317-330
Author(s):  
PAULO VILELA CRUZ
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Species Identification ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
The Family ◽  
Morphological Diagnosis ◽  
Almost All

The genus Apobaetis Day is one of the few lineages of the family Baetidae distributed throughout the continental Americas. Three very similar species of this genus—Apobaetis etowah (Traver), Apobaetis signifer Lugo-Ortiz & McCaffety, and Apobaetis fiuzai Salles & Lugo-Ortiz—have important morphological details, pertinent to species identification, that remain to be described. This lack of detailed taxonomic information has resulted in ample misdiagnoses of the species, particularly regarding A. fiuzai in South America. In fact, almost all the recently collected specimens have been assigned to this species. The present study aimed to establish a new morphological diagnosis of these three Apobaetis species through a redescription of their larvae, based on type material, and the proposition of a new identification key for larvae of this genus. The review of the type specimens supports two conclusions: (i) that A. etowah, A. signifer, and A. fiuzai are highly similar, yet can be considered as distinct species, and (ii) the previous diagnoses and keys do not effectively separate A. fiuzai from A. signifer. 

Studies on Pakistan Lizards: Cyrtopodion baturense (Khan and Baig 1992) and Cyrtopodion walli (Ingoldby 1922) (Sauria: Gekkonidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2636 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
KURT AUFFENBERG ◽  
KENNETH L. KRYSKO ◽  
HAFIZUR REHMAN
Keyword(s):  
Distinct Species ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Taxonomic Resolution ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
University Of Florida ◽  
Adult Specimen ◽  
Type Series ◽  
Northern Areas ◽  
Taxonomic Assignments ◽  
The University

The taxonomy of Eurasian angular or thin-toed geckos has undergone a great deal of revision over the last 30 years. However, it is clear that a desirable level of taxonomic resolution has not yet been attained as their taxonomic assignments are somewhat arbitrary. In this paper, we discuss two lesser-known gecko species, Cyrtopodion baturense (Khan and Baig 1992) and C. walli (Ingoldby 1922). One adult specimen of Cyrtopodion baturense (the only known specimen other than the type series) and a series of 53 C. walli collected by Walter Auffenberg and the Zoological Survey Department of Pakistan (ZSD) and subsequently deposited in the University of Florida Herpetology collection were compared to the type specimens. Specimens were examined for 46 morphological characters and measurements. Cyrtopodion baturense and C. walli are diagnosable and confirmed to be distinct species. Cyrtopodion baturense is known only from the holotype locality of Pasu and the nearby village of Dih, Hunza District, in the Gilgit Agency, Federally Administered Northern Areas (FANA), Pakistan, at 2,438–3,078 m elevations. Cyrtopodion walli is known from Ayun, Chitral, Bamburet Valley, Bermoghluscht, Drosh Tehsil, and 7.0 km N Drosh, in the Chitral District, Northwest Frontier, Pakistan, at 1,970–2,120 m elevations. We also conclude that the likely paratype (BMNH 1922.5.22.1) of Gymnodactylus walli is not conspecific with the holotype (BMNH 1910.7.12.1) and is most morphologically similar to Cyrtopodion tibetanus (Boulenger 1905). We concur with Khan (1992), based on our own examination of the syntype of Gymnodactylus chitralensis Smith, 1935, that G. chitralensis is a junior synonym of Gymnodactylus walli Ingoldby, 1922. Furthermore, the tail associated with the holotype of G. walli does not belong to that individual.

Vindication of Ulota pygmaeothecia (Orthotrichaceae, Bryophyta)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 317 (3) ◽  
pp. 161 ◽  
Author(s):  
LAURA MUÑOZ-PUELLES ◽  
FRANCISCO LARA ◽  
VICENTE MAZIMPAKA ◽  
RICARDO GARILLETI
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Light Microscope ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
South American ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Southern South America ◽  
Comprehensive Review ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative

Ulota pygmaeothecia (Müll.Hal.) Kindb. and Ulota luteola (Hook.f. & Wilson) Wijk & Margad. are two epiphytic mosses from the evergreen Magellanic rainforests of southern South America. Both mosses have been considered as distinct species since their original description, with their specific status retained following the comprehensive review by Nicolajs Malta of South American Ulota (1927). Recently the synonymization of U. pygmaeothecia and U. luteola was proposed (Wang & Jia 2016), based mainly on the similarities stated in the protologues and the study of the available type specimens of U. pygmaeothecia and U. fulvella, as the type materials of U. luteola were lost in the mail. In the present paper, all available type material for names associated with these two taxa, together with additional specimens recently collected, have been studied in depth. As a result, it has been found that both mosses show important sporophytic and gametophytic differences, both qualitative and quantitative, that allow for a precise distinction between them and they are reinstated here as distinct species. The morphological features that best differentiate U. luteola and U. pygmaeothecia are discussed and illustrated with light microscope and SEM pictures. Finally, an updated and detailed description of each species is presented.

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