The status of Kunziana Pretzmann, 1971 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Pseudothelphusidae), with a redescription of the holotype of K. irengis Pretzmann, 1971

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2276 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
CÉLIO MAGALHÃES ◽  
MICHAEL TÜRKAY ◽  
D. BRUCE MEANS
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
South America ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Valid Genus ◽  
The Status

This work was prompted by the rediscovery in the Natural History Museum, Vienna, of the holotype of Eudaniella(Kunziana) irengis Pretzmann, 1971, the type species of the subgenus Eudaniella (Kunziana) Pretzmann, 1971 (familyPseudothelphusidae). Unique characters of the first male gonopod of this species warrant the recognition of KunzianaPretzmann, 1971, as a valid genus. Kunziana irengis is redescribed here from the holotype and from new materialcollected near the type locality in Guyana, South America, and its affinities with other genera of Kingsleyini are discussed.

Rediscovery and revision of Foenobethylus Kieffer, 1913  (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1546 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
GERGELY VÁRKONYI ◽  
ANDREW POLASZEK
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
History Museum

The bethylid genus Foenobethylus Kieffer, 1913, unstudied for almost a century, is redescribed and assigned to the subfamily Pristocerinae based on a preliminary phylogenetic assessment. Four new species: F. bidentatus n. sp. (Brunei), F. elongatus n. sp. (Malaysia), F. emiliacasellae n. sp. (Thailand), and F. thomascokeri n. sp. (Malaysia) are described, based on males only, as females remain unrecognised in this genus. All specimens are deposited in the Department of Entomology, the Natural History Museum, London, U.K. The type species F. gracilis Kieffer (Philippines), although unrepresented by any traceable specimen, can be distinguished from these species based on the original description. A key to the five known species of Foenobethylus is provided.

A finding at the Natural History Museum of Florence affords the holotype designation of Orchestia stephenseni Cecchini, 1928 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Talitridae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4231 (4) ◽  
pp. 569 ◽  
Author(s):  
SABRINA LO BRUTTO
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Tyrrhenian Sea ◽  
History Museum

The beach flea Orchestia stephenseni has been originally described by Cecchini twice (1928, 1929) from the La Spezia type locality (northern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy), and successively re-described by Karaman (1973) and Iaciofano & Lo Brutto (2016). 

scholarly journals New Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) from Sarawak in the spirit collection of the Natural History Museum, London

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Darby
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Records ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
History Museum

This paper is based on three collections of Ptiliidae from Sarawak totalling more than 2000 specimens made by staff and affiliates of the Natural History Museum, London, between March–July 1978. One new genus Niptella gen. nov with its type species Niptella gutta gen. et sp. nov. and 24 new species are described and figured: Sindosium collinsi sp. nov., Bambara hammondi sp. nov., Bambara subtortuosa sp. nov., Bambara tortuosa sp. nov., Erro brookei sp. nov., Cissidium globulum sp. nov., Cissidium longum sp. nov., Cissidium marshallae sp. nov., Cissidium pauxillum sp. nov., Cissidium subfoveolatum sp. nov., Cissidium triangulum sp. nov., Discheramocephalus nigritus sp. nov., Kuschelidium sarawakense sp. nov., Ptinella alisonae sp. nov., Acrotrichis acuta sp. nov., Acrotrichis belli sp. nov., Acrotrichis bidens sp. nov., Acrotrichis geiseri sp. nov., Acrotrichis globosa sp. nov., Acrotrichis hanskii sp. nov., Acrotrichis muluensis sp. nov., Acrotrichis plaga sp. nov., Storicricha resticula sp. nov., Storicricha umbella sp. nov. New records and information are provided for Dipentium latum Darby, 2019; Ptiliola semitaria Darby, 2018; Baeocrara minima Darby, 2019; Acrotrichis agricola Darby, 2019; Acrotrichis britteni Johnson, 1969; Acrotrichis bubalis Darby, 2019; Acrotrichis cognata (Matthews, 1877) and Acrotrichis cursitans (Nietner, 1856).

Re-description of Coeliccia erici Laidlaw, and the description of Coeliccia sameerae sp. nov. from Peninsular Malaysia (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platycnemididae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4413 (2) ◽  
pp. 351
Author(s):  
RORY A. DOW ◽  
CHEE YEN CHOONG ◽  
YONG FOO NG
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Small Stream ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Taxonomic History ◽  
The Status

Coeliccia erici Laidlaw, 1917 is re-described and illustrated for both sexes; its taxonomic history and the confusion surrounding it is discussed. Coeliccia kimurai Asahina, 1990 is shown to be a junior synonym of C. erici. Coelicca sameerae sp. nov. (holotype ♂, small stream near Sungai Lasir, Tasik Kenyir, Terengganu, Malaysia, deposited in the Natural History Museum, London) is described from both sexes from Peninsular Malaysia; this species had been confused with C. erici until now. A remark on the status of Coeliccia simillima Laidlaw, 1917 is made. 

Diagnostics and updated catalogue of Acalyptris Meyrick, the second largest genus of Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) in the Americas

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4748 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-247
Author(s):  
JONAS R. STONIS ◽  
ARŪNAS DIŠKUS ◽  
ARŪNAS DIŠKUS ◽  
ANDRIUS REMEIKIS ◽  
SERGIO A. VARGAS ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
South America ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
Zoological Museum ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Type Series ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
North And South America ◽  
North And South

We list all 56 currently known Acalyptris Meyrick species from North and South America, designate five new species groups, and provide pictorial diagnostics for all nine revised species groups of the American fauna. We describe seven new species: A. marmor Stonis & Diškus, sp. nov., A. barbudo Stonis & Remeikis, sp. nov., A. jareki Stonis & Diškus, sp. nov., A. hilli Stonis & Diškus, sp. nov., A. mortalis Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov., A. hyacinthum Stonis & Vargas, sp. nov., and A. extremus Stonis & Diškus, sp. nov. We provide new data on morphology, biology or distribution for the following species: A. murex Diškus & Stonis, A. hispidus Puplesis & Robinson, A. trifidus Puplesis & Robinson, A. bifidus Puplesis & Robinson, A. terrificus Šimkevičiūtė & Stonis, and particularly A. yucatani Remeikis & Stonis. We transfer Fomoria miranda Diškus & Stonis to Acalyptris and provide the first photographic documentation of A. novenarius Puplesis & Robinson, A. fortis Puplesis & Robinson, A. martinheringi Puplesis & Robinson, A. basihastatus Puplesis & Diškus, A. pseudohastatus Puplesis & Diškus, A. articulosus Puplesis & Diškus, A. bovicorneus Puplesis & Diškus, and A. insolentis Puplesis & Diškus. We also comment on the re-deposition of some type series to the collection of the Zoological Museum of the Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen. 

Euprepes chaperi Vaillant, 1884, a junior subjective synonym of Mochlus guineensis (W. Peters, 1879) (Scincidae, Lygosominae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4232 (4) ◽  
pp. 585
Author(s):  
IVAN INEICH ◽  
JEAN-FRANÇOIS TRAPE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Data Base ◽  
Ivory Coast ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
History Museum ◽  
The Status ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Subjective Synonym ◽  
Made In

During travel made in February and March 1882 in the former French Protectorate of Côte d’Or (southeastern Ivory Coast), Mr Chaper, who had previously sent numerous specimens to the Paris Natural History Museum (Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Reptiles & Amphibiens; MNHN-RA), collected about 19 reptiles (and one python egg) belonging to 12 species. All those specimens were deposited in the MNHN-RA collections. Among them some specimens were described as a new species, Euprepes chaperi, in two separate publications reporting on that collection published in the same year by Vaillant (1884a,b), head of the Zoology (Reptiles and Fishes) Laboratory at Paris Natural History Museum. The status of that species was not recently reviewed and several options are reported in literature including validity of the species (in the genus Lygosoma Hardwicke & Gray) or synonymy, sometimes simultaneously in the same data base (see Uetz & Hosek, 2016). We here locate the type series of E. chaperi and carefully check their identity. 

Type catalogue of Terebridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Conoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, U.K.

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4250 (2) ◽  
pp. 101 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDREIA SALVADOR ◽  
JOAN PICKERING
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Type Collection ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Label Data ◽  
Data Registration ◽  
Registration Number ◽  
Species Type

The type collection of Terebridae in the Natural History Museum consists of 248 lots. In order to clarify the type status of this material, an annotated alphabetic list by species is provided. The format includes the original citation for each species, type locality, collector, label data, registration number, number of specimens, type status and remarks. Due to the actions of previous workers, fixation of lectotype by inference of holotype is given for 168 species. A bibliography of relevant publications is also provided.  

scholarly journals Two new Asian Scaphytopiini leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) with description of a new genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1309 (1) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
WU DAI ◽  
YALIN L. ZHANG ◽  
C. A. VIRAKTAMATH ◽  
M. D. WEBB
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
Bishop Museum ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Agricultural Sciences ◽  
The University

The following new leafhopper taxa of the deltocephaline tribe Scaphytopiini are described: Grammacephalus furcatus Dai & Zhang sp. nov. from China, and Sikhamani Viraktamath & Webb gen. nov. with type species S. delicatula Viraktamath & Webb sp. nov. from Nepal and China. Detailed morphological descriptions and illustrations of the new species are given and a checklist to the species of Grammacephalus Haupt is provided. The type specimens are deposited in the Entomological Museum of Northwest A&F University, The Natural History Museum, London, the B.P. Bishop Museum, Hawaii, U.S.A. and the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India.

Types of Neotropical Pierinae in the collection of Department of Entomology, Natural History Museum, London (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1143 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
STANISLAV P. ABADJIEV
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Original Publication ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Publication Type ◽  
History Museum ◽  
The Stability

A catalog of types of Neotropical Pierinae at the Department of Entomology, Natural History Museum, London, is presented. The collection contains type material of 324 taxa (296 represented by primary types). Each entry includes the species-group name, followed by the generic name, original combination quoted from the original publication, type locality, type specimens as specified with their labels, and notes about current taxonomic status. To increase the stability of nomenclature, and to fix the identity of several species-group names, lectotypes are designated for 116 taxa.

scholarly journals The tree as evolutionary icon: TREE in the Natural History Museum, London (William T. Stearn Prize 2010)

2011 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nils Petter Hellström
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Active Participation ◽  
Science And Religion ◽  
Tree Of Life ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
History Museum ◽  
The Status ◽  
Human Effort ◽  
Do So

As part of the Darwin celebrations in 2009, the Natural History Museum in London unveiled TREE, the first contemporary artwork to win a permanent place in the Museum. While the artist claimed that the inspiration for TREE came from Darwin's famous notebook sketch of branching evolution, sometimes referred to as his “tree of life” drawing, this article emphasises the apparent incongruity between Darwin's sketch and the artist's design – best explained by other, complementary sources of inspiration. In the context of the Museum's active participation in struggles over science and religion, the effect of the new artwork is contradictory. TREE celebrates Darwinian evolutionism, but it resonates with deep-rooted, mythological traditions of tree symbolism to do so. This complicates the status of the Museum space as one of disinterested, secular science, but it also contributes, with or without the intentions of the Museum's management, to consolidate two sometimes conflicting strains within the Museum's history. TREE celebrates human effort, secular science and reason – but it also evokes long-standing mythological traditions to inspire reverence and remind us of our humble place in this world.

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