Analytic taxonomy and notes on marine, brackish-water and estuarine Gastrotricha

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2392 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
WILLIAM D. HUMMON ◽  
M. ANTONIO TODARO
Keyword(s):  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
New Name ◽  
New Family ◽  
Analytic Review ◽  
The Family ◽  
Species Inquirenda ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Species Inquirendae

Marine Gastrotricha, both Macrodasyida and Chaetonotida, are the subject of an analytic review, citing taxonomic status of names, authorships of taxa, and those responsible for changes, in accordance with the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, 4 th ed. (1999). Notes are included with regard to taxonomic usage so as to guide workers in the future. Among the proposed novelties are: within Macrodasyida, to restrict the family Lepidodasyidae Remane, 1927 to the genus Lepidodasys Remane, 1926, and to establish a new family, Cephalodasyidae with Cephalodasys Remane, 1926 as its type-species to house the remaining genera and species that have been contained in the polyphyletic family Lepidodasyidae. Hemidasys agaso Claparède, 1867 is considered extinct, and the new name Tetranchyroderma antenniphorum is proposed for Tetranchyroderma antennatum Luporini, Magagnini & Tongiorgi, 1973; in addition, five species are here considered to be species inquirendae: Dactylopodola weilli d'Hondt, 1965, Paradasys nipponensis Sudzuki, 1976, Macrodasys indicus Kutty & Nair, 1969. Tetranchyroderma forceps d’Hondt & Balsamo, 2009 and Turbanella plana (Giard, 1904b). Among Chaetonotida: the Xenotrichula velox-species group Ruppert, 1979 and the Xenotrichula intermedia-species group Ruppert, 1979 were given each the rank of subgenus. Chaetonotus pleuracanthus Remane, 1926 is rejected as a synonym for Chaetonotus marinus Giard, 1904; Chaetonotus somniculosus Mock, 1979 is transferred to the genus Halichaetonotus, the new name Halichaetonotus euromarinus is proposed for Halichaetonotus spinosus Mock, 1979, and Xenotrichula carolinensis Ruppert, 1979 is re-established. Heteroxenotrichula variocirrata d'Hondt, 1966 is here considered to be species inquirenda.

Bulgarian Ritual Kinship (Kumstvo)

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-87
Author(s):  
Petko Hristov
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Symbolic Capital ◽  
Gift Exchange ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
New Family ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
The Family ◽  
Kinship Relations ◽  
The Subject ◽  
New Generation

Among the Orthodox Christians on the Balkans, the rituals of Christian baptism and marriage traditionally give rise to ritual kinship relationships, not only among individuals but also among family groups that were until then unrelated. Only among Bulgarians, Serbians, and Macedonians, these relationships are carried on hereditarily and are constructed according to the patrilineal kinship model. The godfather’s role ( kumstvo) is inherited as symbolic capital by the family-kin groups of both the godparents and the godchildren. These are relations of symbolic inequality and have a ritual character: both the calendar feast cycle and the lifecycle rituals are marked by symbolic rights and obligations, which are still observed until the present day in most Bulgarian families, for example, mandatory gift exchange. The belief in the power of the godparent’s curse is still alive today in a number of regions in Bulgaria. On the other hand, the godparent tradition among Bulgarians acquired new meaning and new dimensions during the decades of socialism and postsocialist transition. During the last two or three decades, the godparent relationship has become a way of building new social networks, often of a clientelist nature. More and more often, ritual kinship relations are used for benefits and hierarchical ascent, similarly to nepotism. This process leads to the reformation of social networks—it still functions as social capital, but to each new generation. Every new family chooses different godparents, thus creating new social networks. Research about godparent relations among Bulgarians and, more generally, on the Balkans, is based on both existing studies on the subject and on the author’s personal fieldwork research in Bulgaria.

scholarly journals Erection of Euterranova n. gen. and Neoterranova n. gen. (Nematoda, Anisakidae), with the description of E. dentiduplicata n. sp. and new records of two other anisakid nematodes from sharks off New Caledonia

Parasite ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 58
Author(s):  
František Moravec ◽  
Jean-Lou Justine
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
Galeocerdo Cuvier ◽  
Species Inquirenda ◽  
Third Stage ◽  
Electron Microscopical ◽  
Species Inquirendae ◽  
Anisakid Nematodes

Helminthological examinations of three species of sharks, Galeocerdo cuvier, Triaenodon obesus (both Carcharhinidae, Carcharhiniformes) and Stegostoma fasciatum (Stegostomatidae, Orectolobiformes) from New Caledonian waters, carried out during 2003–2005, revealed the presence of three species of adult anisakid nematodes referable to Terranova Leiper et Atkinson, 1914. However, this genus can no longer be considered valid, because its type species has been designated a species inquirenda. Therefore, the present nematodes are assigned to two newly established genera, Euterranova n. gen. [type species E. dentiduplicata n. sp.] and Neoterranova n. gen. [type species N. scoliodontis (Baylis, 1931) n. comb.], based mainly on different labial structures. Euterranova dentiduplicata n. sp. from the stomach of S. fasciatum is mainly characterized by the presence of lips with two rows of denticles. Innominate specimens of Euterranova (a female and a third-stage larva) were collected from the digestive tract of T. obesus. Specimens of N. scoliodontis were recorded from G. cuvier. The two named species are described based on light and scanning electron microscopical examinations. Neoterranova scoliodontis has previously been recorded in New Caledonian waters from the same host species. Species previously attributed to Terranova are transferred to Euterranova (5 species), Neoterranova (4 species) or considered species inquirendae (10 species). Since Pseudoterranova Mozgovoy, 1950 was found to be a nomen nudum according to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN), the available name of this genus is Pseudoterranova Mozgovoy, 1953. A key to Porrocaecum-like nematode genera (Porrocaecum, Pseudoterranova, Pulchrascaris, Euterranova, and Neoterranova) is provided.

Cissus lombardiana a new name for Cissus ulmifolia (Vitaceae)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 477 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-98
Author(s):  
RAMALINGAM KOTTAIMUTHU ◽  
MUTHURAMALINGAM JOTHI BASU ◽  
KULLAIYAN SATHIYADASH ◽  
VELUSWAMY KARTHIKEYAN
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Tropical Regions ◽  
Fossil Taxon ◽  
New Name ◽  
Recent Estimate ◽  
The Family

Cissus Linnaeus (1753: 117) is the most speciose genus in the family Vitaceae and notable for its pantropical intercontinental disjunct pattern (Liu et al. 2013). According to the recent estimate, the genus is known to have 291 accepted species (POWO 2020) and it is widely distributed in tropical regions of Africa, Asia, Australia, Central and South America and Mexico (Wen 2007). The main characters delimiting Cissus from other Vitaceae genera are the well-developed, thick and undivided floral disks, tetramerous flowers, one-seeded berries, and seeds with a long and linear chalaza (Wen 2007). In South America, Cissus is represented by 64 species (Lombardi 2000, 2007, Rodrigues et al. 2014). Amongst C. ulmifolia (Baker 1871: 213) Planchon (1887: 552) that is a later homonym of an Italian fossil taxon Cissus ulmifolia Massalongo (1858: 80). While checking the literature and relevant websites for the availability of any synonyms, we found that C. allenii Croat (1977: 358) and C. serrulatifolia Williams (1962: 375) are listed as heterotypic synonyms of C. ulmifolia in Tropicos (2020) following Nelson (2010). However, C. allenii was synonymized under C. serrulatifolia by most of the workers (Govaerts 1999, Lombardi 2007, Morales 2015, POWO 2020, Raz & Zamora 2020) but C. ulmifolia was treated as a distinct species. So in order to ascertain the taxonomic status, we critically studied the protologues and digital specimens including types of these three species, we found that the characters of C. allenii are well within the range of C. serrulatifolia but C. ulmifolia differs from them by its 4-sided, distinctly winged stem (vs. stem terete, not winged or wingless in C. serrulatifolia) and the fruits ovoid or ovoid–subglobose, smooth (vs. obovoid or subpyriform, lenticellate in C. serrulatifolia). Since no other validly published legitimate name is available for this species (Lombardi 2007, Mota de Oliveira & Jansen-Jacobs 2016, POWO 2020), therefore, the authors propose Cissus lombardiana as a replacement name.

Regarding the taxonomic status of Ophyra Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Muscidae): A molecular approach

Zootaxa ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 712 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
GUILHERME SCHNELL E. SCHUEHLI ◽  
CLAUDIO JOSÉ BARROS DE CARVALHO ◽  
BRIAN M. WIEGMANN
Keyword(s):  
Elongation Factor ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Systematic Position ◽  
Mitochondrial Genes ◽  
Phylogenetic Study ◽  
Molecular Approach ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Elongation Factor 1

The muscid genus Ophyra has long been the subject of debate over its placement within the family. However, a phylogenetic study has never been conducted that would clarify its systematic position. In the present paper, phylogenetic relationships are examined between Ophyra albuquerquei and related muscid genera. The mitochondrial genes Cytochrome Oxidase I and II and tRNA-Leu were used combined with the nuclear genes CAD and Elongation Factor 1 to compose a matrix with 2989 characters (716 parsimonyinformative). These characters were analyzed under parsimony resulting in a single most parsimonious tree. Contrary to some recent classifications, our molecular data suggest the placement of Ophyra albuquerquei within the Muscinae in a separate position from the azeliine genus Hydrotaea.

Remarks on some European Aleocharinae, with description of a new Rhopaletes species from Croatia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)

2010 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 191-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
László Ádám
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
Central European ◽  
European Species ◽  
New Name ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

Remarks on some European Aleocharinae, with description of a new Rhopaletes species from Croatia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) Based on an examination of type and non-type material, ten species-group names are synonymised: Atheta mediterranea G. Benick, 1941, Aloconota carpathica Jeannel et Jarrige, 1949 and Atheta carpatensis Tichomirova, 1973 with Aloconota mihoki (Bernhauer, 1913); Amischa jugorum Scheerpeltz, 1956 with Amischa analis (Gravenhorst, 1802); Amischa strupii Scheerpeltz, 1967 with Amischa bifoveolata (Mannerheim, 1830); Atheta tricholomatobia V. B. Semenov, 2002 with Atheta boehmei Linke, 1934; Atheta palatina G. Benick, 1974 and Atheta palatina G. Benick, 1975 with Atheta dilaticornis (Kraatz, 1856); Atheta degenerata G. Benick, 1974 and Atheta degenerata G. Benick, 1975 with Atheta testaceipes (Heer, 1839). A new name, Atheta velebitica nom. nov. is proposed for Atheta serotina Ádám, 2008, a junior primary homonym of Atheta serotina Blackwelder, 1944. A revised key for the Central European species of the Aloconota sulcifrons group is provided. Comments on the separation of the males of Amischa bifoveolata and A. analis are given. A key for the identification of Amischa species occurring in Hungary and its close surroundings is presented. Remarks are presented about the relationships of Alevonota Thomson, 1858 and Enalodroma Thomson, 1859. The taxonomic status of Oxypodera Bernhauer, 1915 and Mycetota Ádám, 1987 is discussed. The specific status of Pella hampei (Kraatz, 1862) is debated. Remarks are presented about the relationships of Alevonota Thomson, 1858, as well as Mycetota Ádám, 1987, Oxypodera Bernhauer, 1915 and Rhopaletes Cameron, 1939. The publication date of several Atheta species described by G. Benick is discussed. Aloconota mihoki, Amischa forcipata, A. filum and Atheta boehmei are reported from Hungary, Croatia and Romania, respectively, for the first time. A new species, Rhopaletes slavoniae sp. n. is described from Croatia.

scholarly journals Nuevos horizontes familiares: Una reflexión en la formación inicial del profesorado

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-176
Author(s):  
Ana Abril ◽  
Matilde Peinado
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Family Tree ◽  
Family Structures ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Family Diversity ◽  
New Family ◽  
Infant School ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Spanish Legislation

Resumen:La sociedad actual ha transformado la estructura familiar; las familias diversas (monoparentales, ensambladas, homoparentales, etc.) ya no son la excepción. Aunque la legislación española atiende esta realidad, todavía no se aborda abiertamente en las aulas, como ocurre en otros países. La normalización de los nuevos modelos familiares debe de gestarse desde edades tempranas y el profesorado (en concreto su formación) es una pieza clave para garantizar el éxito. En este trabajo se presentan, en primer lugar, las ideas previas de los futuros profesores de Educación Infantil sobre la diversidad familiar. A continuación, se muestra el análisis crítico de los futuros docentes hacia dos instrumentos complementarios que favorecen el trabajo inclusivo: el árbol genealógico y el “familyme”. Por último, se discuten los resultados desde el punto de vista de la formación del profesorado y de una posible implementación en las aulas de infantil. Abstract:Modern society has transformed family structure. Diverse families are no longer the exception (single parents, homosexual parents, step families, etc.). Although Spanish legislation reflects this fact, it does not openly address it in the classroom as is the case in other countries. The standardisation of new family structures should be nurtured from a young age and teachers are a key element in guaranteeing that it is done successfully (especially through their training). Firstly, this study outlines the beliefs of future Early Childhood Education teachers on the subject of family diversity. The following critical analysis carried out by future teachers is set out regarding two complementary instruments which favour inclusive work: the family tree and the “familyme”. Lastly, results are discussed from a teacher training standpoint and from possible implementation within infant school classrooms.

scholarly journals Cytogenetic Evidence Clarifies the Phylogeny of the Family Rhynchocyclidae (Aves: Passeriformes)

Cells ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 2650
Author(s):  
Rafael Kretschmer ◽  
Ismael Franz ◽  
Marcelo Santos de Souza ◽  
Analía Del Valle Garnero ◽  
Ricardo José Gunski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Chromosome Mapping ◽  
Artificial Chromosome ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Family Status ◽  
The Family ◽  
Cytogenetic Evidence ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Chromosome Fusions ◽  
Tyrant Flycatchers

The phylogenetic position and taxonomic status of Rhynchocyclidae (Aves: Passeriformes) have been the subject of debate since their first description. In most models, Rhynchocyclidae represents a subfamily-level taxon placed within the Tyrant Flycatchers (Tyrannidae). Considering that this classification does not include cytotaxonomic characters, we tested the hypothesis that the chromosome organization of Rhynchocyclidae members differs from that of Tyrannidae. Hence, we selected two species, Tolmomyias sulphurescens, and Pitangus sulphuratus, representing Rhynchocyclidae and Tyrannidae, respectively. Results revealed a diploid number (2n) of 60 in T. sulphurescens and 2n = 80 in P. sulphuratus, indicating significant chromosomal differences. Chromosome mapping of Gallus gallus (GGA) and Taeniopygia guttata bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) corresponding to chromosomes GGA1-28 (except 16) revealed that the genome evolution of T. sulphurescens involved extensive chromosome fusions of macrochromosomes and microchromosomes. On the other hand, P. sulphuratus retained the ancestral pattern of organization of macrochromosomes (except the centric fission involving GGA1) and microchromosomes. In conclusion, comparing our results with previous studies in Tyrant Flycatchers and allies indicates that P. sulphuratus has similar karyotypes to other Tyrannidae members. However, T. sulphurescens does not resemble the Tyrannidae family, reinforcing family status to the clade named Rhynchocyclidae.

Elrathia hensonensis nomen novum, new replacement name for Elrathia groenlandica Geyer and Peel, 2017 (Trilobita, Ptychopariacea)

2020 ◽  
Vol 94 (5) ◽  
pp. 1007-1007
Author(s):  
Gerd Geyer ◽  
John S. Peel
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
International Commission ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
New Name ◽  
Nomen Novum ◽  
Area North ◽  
North Greenland

In an article by Geyer and Peel (2017, p. 288), we inadvertently coined a species-group name, Elrathia groenlandica Geyer and Peel, 2017 for a trilobite species of the superfamily Ptychopariacea. This name is a junior homonym of Elrathia? groenlandica Poulsen, 1927 and is thus invalid (ICZN Article 57.2; see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1999). We therefore propose Elrathia hensonensis new name as the replacement name for E. groenlandica Geyer and Peel, 2017. The new species name is derived from the Henson Gletscher area, North Greenland, the region where the type locality of this species is located.

Nomenclatural and taxonomic status of bird taxa (Aves) described by an ornithological swindler, Josef Prokop Pražák (1870–1904)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3005 (1) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
JIŘÍ MLÍKOVSKÝ
Keyword(s):  
Parus Major ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
Restricted Type ◽  
Curriculum Vitae ◽  
University Of Edinburgh ◽  
Panurus Biarmicus ◽  
Taxonomic Studies ◽  
The University

Josef Prokop Pražák (1870–1904) published a number of papers from 1894–1900, mainly on faunistics and taxonomy of birds. In the 1890s his faunistic papers were shown to include many fraudulent data and were thus rejected or cited with caution. However, no comprehensive review of Pražák’s new bird taxa was made. My reconstruction of Pražák's Curriculum vitae shows that Pražák spent most of his life in his native Bohemia. In 1893–95 he studied at the Universität Wien, Austria, and volunteered at the Naturhistorisches Hofmuseum, and in 1896–98 he studied at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. His taxonomic studies are connected with the ornithological collections in Vienna and Edinburgh. Although his contemporaries described Pražák as a charming and talented man, I document that his taxonomic papers include many fraudulent data and that his activities included stealing and relabeling museum specimens. The revision of Pražák's new bird taxa presented here reveals that Remizus and the following species-group names are available for nomenclatural purposes: Aegithalus caudatus japonica (Aegithalidae), Alauda arborea cherneli (Alaudidae), Carduelis elegans alpestris (Fringillidae), Carduelis elegans hortensis (Fringillidae), Carduelis elegans sylvestris (Fringillidae), Erithacus rubecula maior (Turdidae), Lophophanes cristatus brunnescens (Paridae), Lophophanes cristatus scotica (Paridae), Panurus biarmicus raddei (Paradoxornithidae), Parus caeruleus obscurus (Paridae), Parus major newtoni (Paridae), Parus major blanfordi (Paridae), Poecile cincta alascensis (Paridae), Poecile lugubris persica (Paridae), Remizus pendulinus raddei (Remizidae) and Sturnus vulgaris intermedius (Sturnidae). I defined type series for all, and I restricted type localities for most, of these species-group taxa. I synonymized Remizus pendulinus raddei Pražák, 1897g, with Remiz pendulinus pendulinus (Linnaeus, 1758). In addition I found that Vanellus grisescens was described by Grant (1912), not by Pražák, and I synonymized this species with Vanellus chilensis lampronotus (Wagler, 1827). I found that the following names created by Pražák have no standing in zoological nomenclature: Accentor modularis sclateri (hypothetical form), Anthus spipoletta reichenowi (hypothetical form), Scops scops taczanowskii (manuscript name), Trochalopteron hennickei (hypothetical form) and Vanellus grisescens (hypothetical form).

scholarly journals ON TWO GENERA OF MITES

1900 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 30-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan Banks
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
New Order ◽  
New Genera ◽  
European Literature ◽  
New Name ◽  
New Family ◽  
Great Size ◽  
The Family

In 1871, Thorell published his description of Rhagidia in a paper entitled, “Om Arachnider fran Spetsbergen och Beeren-Eiland.” He placed it in the family Eupodidœ, from the other genera of which it differed principally in the great size of the mandibles. In 1876, Cambridge, in his paper “On a new Order and some new Genera of Arachnida from Kerguelen's Land,” described Pœcilophysis as the type of a new family and a new order. He was unaware of Thorell's mite, yet there is but one prominent difference between them, Pœcilophysis is said to have eyes on the frontal tubercle. Neither of these authors gave any reference to any species of Koch's genus Scyphius, to which their forms bear a great resemblance. Koch described about a dozen species of this genus, many of which are doubtless only forms of one species. In the modern European literature, nothing is done with Koch's species of this genus, save by Oudemans (1897), who identifies four of the Kochian names. Oudemans, however, appears to be ignorant of the fact that there were several other names for this genus besides Scyphius, for he thinks, since Scyphius is preoccupied, that the genus must have a new name.

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