Type specimens of sawflies (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Symphyta) housed in the Museo de La Plata, Argentina

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2360 (1) ◽  
pp. 63 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALBERTO H. ABRAHAMOVICH ◽  
MARIANO LUCIA ◽  
LEOPOLDO J. ALVAREZ ◽  
DAVID R. SMITH
Keyword(s):  
Current Status ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
La Plata ◽  
Collection Data ◽  
Secondary Type

The primary and secondary type specimens of 27 species of sawflies housed at the Museo de La Plata (División Entomología), Argentina are listed. Information on kinds of types, collection data, and current status are provided. The types belong to species described by P. Jörgensen, C. Schrottky, and D. R. Smith. Two new synonymies are recognized: Aphilodyctium nigripenne Schrottky, 1913 syn. nov. of Waldheimia nigripennis Jörgensen 1913 and Siobla argentina Schrottky, 1913 syn. nov. of Stromboceros argentinus Jörgensen 1913.

A list of herpetological type specimens in the collections of the Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery and University of Papua New Guinea

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1514 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
GLENN M. SHEA ◽  
FRED KRAUS
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Art Gallery ◽  
Collection Data ◽  
Primary Type ◽  
Different Sources ◽  
Secondary Type

A catalogue of the amphibian and reptile type specimens in the collections of the Papua New Guinea National Museum and University of Papua New Guinea is provided, with collection data obtained from the registers of each collection, and comments on the current condition and whereabouts of the type specimens and discrepancies between data from different sources. A list of missing type specimens is appended. Primary type specimens of 43 species and secondary type specimens for 89 species are held in these collections. Litoria hunti Richards, Oliver, Dahl & Tjaturadi, 2006 is emended to Litoria huntorum, in accordance with the Code of Zoological Nomenclature.

scholarly journals Annotated checklist and type catalog of fish genera and species described from Taiwan

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2957 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
HSUAN-CHING HO ◽  
KWANG-TSAO SHAO
Keyword(s):  
Marine Species ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Type Series ◽  
Estuarine Species ◽  
Annotated Checklist ◽  
Secondary Type

An annotated checklist of fish genera and species described from Taiwanese waters through 2009 is presented. It includes 20 genera and 336 species/subspecies in 99 families. Of these, 225 species/subspecies are currently recognized as valid and 111 are invalid, including 7 questionable species. The current status of each taxon, if different from that of the original description, is provided. Thus far, 41 primary freshwater and estuarine species/subspecies are considered as endemic and 55 marine species are found only around Taiwan. The type series collected from Taiwan are also listed based on the information provided in the original descriptions and from our investigation. It includes approximately 2217 specimens in 779 lots, including 242 holotypes and lectotypes, 5 neotypes, 35 lots of syntypes and 497 lots of paratypes and paralectotypes. There are still 19 species lacking primary types and 11 lots with at least 31 unknown secondary type specimens.

Unraveling the identity of Paepalanthus decorus (Eriocaulaceae)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 518 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-238
Author(s):  
LUCAS ESPINDOLA FLORÊNCIO DA SILVA ◽  
MARCELO TROVÓ
Keyword(s):  
Floral Morphology ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Detailed Comparison ◽  
The Other ◽  
Original Publication ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
The South ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
La Plata

Paepalanthus decorus was described by Delia Abbiatti from a single collection of individuals made by Carlos Luis Spegazzini in Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, deposited at the La Plata Museum. The species is known only from the type specimens, which were unusual for being collected far to the south of the distribution of the other species included in P. sect. Diphyomene. In recent nomenclatural treatments for P. sect. Diphyomene, P. decorus was disregarded, remaining known only from its original publication. Here, we critically evaluate the protologue, type specimens, and the vegetative and floral morphology of this species. As a result, we propose its synonymization under P. flaccidus. A detailed comparison of these species is provided, along with comments on typification, with a lectotype designated for P. flaccidus.

Types of lice (Insecta, Phthiraptera) housed in the Museo de La Plata, Argentina

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1344 (1) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
ALBERTO H. ABRAHAMOVICH ◽  
MARIANO LUCIA ◽  
NORMA B. DÍAZ ◽  
MARIA F. R. BATIZ ◽  
DOLORES D. C. CASTRO
Keyword(s):  
Type Specimens ◽  
La Plata ◽  
Current Information

The 333 type specimens of lices (Phthiraptera) housed at the Museo de La Plata (División Entomología), Argentina are listed, and current information on categories of types, collections and hosts provided. The types belong to 62 species and one subspecies described principally by Dolores del Carmen Castro and Armando C. Cicchino.

Membracidae types (Hemiptera-Membracoidea) housed at the Museo de La Plata entomological collection (Argentina)

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2566 (1) ◽  
pp. 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANA M. MARINO DE REMES LENICOV ◽  
ROXANA MARIANI ◽  
NATALIA SCELSIO ◽  
ALEJANDRA GUTIERREZ
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
La Plata ◽  
National University ◽  
Label Information

Type material of 42 species from 15 genera of Membracidae is housed at the Entomology Division of the Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo of La Plata National University, collected mainly in Argentina (21) but also in Uruguay (8), Bolivia (3), Brazil (10), Ecuador (1) and Venezuela (1). The types listed herein correspond to species described by G. S. de Andrade (3 spp.), C. Berg (12 spp.), F. W. Goding (1 sp.), A. M. Marino de Remes Lenicov (25 spp), and S. H. McKamey (1 sp.). The collection contains 230 type specimens. Comparison of their original descriptions with the label information supports the existence of 20 holotypes, 13 allotypes, 156 paratypes, 5 lectotypes, 15 paralectotypes and 21 syntypes. Lectotype and paralectotypes of Cyphonia ancoralis Berg, Melusina rugifrons Berg, Smiliorhachis proxima Berg are designated, as well as syntypes of Acutalis variabilis Berg, Cyphonia bonaeriensis Berg, Cyphonia colenophora Berg, Darnis amangosi Berg, Darnis (Stictipelta) luisae Berg, Hebetica arechavaletae Goding, Pyranthe acaciae Berg and P. frustatoria Berg. The following information is given for each species: original names of the species, bibliographic references, type category, number of specimens, gender, Museo de La Plata code numbers, and transcription of data from labels (country, province, locality, date of collection, collector’s name, and hosts). Information about subsequent nomenclatural changes with corresponding references, the state of preservation of the specimens in each series and pictures of each Berg species is also provided.

A checklist of the moray eels of the world (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Muraenidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3474 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID G. SMITH
Keyword(s):  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Incertae Sedis ◽  
The World ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Primary Type

A checklist of the currently recognized species of moray eels (Muraenidae) is presented. One hundred ninety seven speciesare considered to be valid, in 15 genera, and two subfamilies. The account for each valid species contains bibliographicinformation for that species and all synonyms, including primary type specimens and type locality. Also given for eachspecies is the number of vertebrae, the mean vertebral formula (MVF), the general geographic distribution, and any ex-planatory remarks that may be needed. A list of nominal genera and species is given, with the current status of each. Separate lists are provided for names that cannot be assigned to known species (incertae sedis) and those that are unavailable.

scholarly journals Data Detectives - The Backlog Cataloguing Project at Auckland War Memorial Museum

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. e25194
Author(s):  
Heidi Schlumpf ◽  
Nina Gaze ◽  
Hugh Grenfell ◽  
Frances Duff ◽  
Kelly Hall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Entry ◽  
Careful Consideration ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ◽  
Apparent Lack ◽  
Memorial Museum ◽  
Collection Data ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Available Information

The Collection Access and Readiness Programme (CARP) is a unique, well-defined programme with committed funding at Auckland War Memorial Museum (AWMM). In the Natural Sciences department, CARP has funded the equivalent of five positions over five collecting areas for four years. These are filled by six part-time collection technicians and a senior full-time manager. As Collection Technicians, our role, across Botany, Entomology, Geology, Marine, and Palaeontology, is to digitise acquisitions prior to December 2012. We are processing the backlogs of our collections, which are prioritised across all museum activities in distinct taxonomic projects. The cataloguing method involves gathering and verifying all available information and entering data into Vernon, our collections management system (https://vernonsystems.com/products/vernon-cms/), with specifically designed record standards aligned to Darwin Core (Wieczorek et al. 2012). CARP has allowed us the freedom to explore backlog collections, some of which have not been fully processed, revealing mysteries that would otherwise have sat undiscovered, and to resolve uncertainties across the collections. For example, in Botany, cataloguing the foreign ferns reveals previously unrealised type specimens; in Marine, cataloguing all 9117 specimen lots of the New Zealand Bivalvia collection, brought classification and locality data uncertainties to resolution. There are multiple projects running concurrently in each collecting area, continually enriching our collection data. In turn, this is opening up a far wider range of information to the public through our online collection portal, AWMM Collections Online http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/discover/collections-online (currently 800,000 records). Open accessibility promotes careful consideration of how and what data we deliver, as it is disseminated through global portals, such as the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) and Atlas of Living Australia (ALA). Collections that have often had no more attention than recording of their original labels, have interesting stories beyond “just” cataloguing them. As cataloguers, we have found that the uncertainties or sometimes apparent lack of detail increases our engagement with our collections. Rather than solely copying information into the database, we become detectives, resolving uncertainties and verifying the background of our objects, collection sites and collectors. This engagement and the global reach of our data mean that we are invested in the programme, so that data entry continuity and accuracy are maximised. Our presentation will give an overview of the CARP and our method, and a look at our progress two years in, highlighting some of our discoveries and how the uncertainty in our data allows us to engage more with our collections.

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