A redescription of Metopa species (Amphipoda, Stenothoidae) based on the type material. 3. Natural History Museum, Oslo (NHM)

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2465 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
ANNE HELENE S. TANDBERG
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
The Other ◽  
Type Material ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Line Drawings

This paper presents redescriptions of 14 species of the genus Metopa (Stenothoidae) based on the type-collections at the Natural History Museum in Oslo. Type (syntype/holotype) material of Metopa aequicornis, M.borealis, M.leptocarpa, M.palmata, M. propinqua, M. pusilla, M. robusta and M. tenuimana was dissected and examined morphologically. Material from the original authors of M. affinis, M. boeckii, M. invalida, M. longicornis and M. sinuata was also examined morphologically, in addition to Sars’ material of M. alderi, including his type material of the later synonymized M. spectabilis. All species are redescribed using line drawings, and comparisons with the original texts and figures. For the species M. invalida, M. palmata, M. robusta and M. sinuata there are morphologic characters that indicate that they in fact do not belong to the Metopa s str, but any possible changes in classification are postponed pending a phylogenetic analysis of the genera Metopa and Stenula has been performed. A summary of the other species having earlier been designed to Metopa in the Oslo collections is given, with a list of their present taxonomic placing.

scholarly journals 4. On some Congenital Deformities of the Human Skull

1866 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 444-449
Author(s):  
Wm. Turner
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
The Other ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Human Skull ◽  
Congenital Deformities ◽  
Premature Closure ◽  
University Of Edinburgh ◽  
The University ◽  
Living Person

1st, Scaphocephalus.—After making reference to his previous papers, more especially to that in which he had described several specimens of the scaphocephalic skull, in which he had discussed the influence exercised on the production of deformities of the cranium, by a premature closure or obliteration of the sutures, and to the recent memoirs of Professor von Düben of Stockholm,† and Dr John Thurnam, the author proceeded to relate two additional cases of scaphocephalus to those he had already recorded. He had met with one of these in the head of a living person, the other in a skull in the Natural History Museum of the University of Edinburgh.

scholarly journals Rharodesmus tabarkensis n. sp., a new pyrgodesmid from Tunisia (Diplopoda: Polydesmida)

Zootaxa ◽  
10.11646/6 ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3195 (1) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
NESRINE AKKARI ◽  
HENRIK ENGHOFF
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Full Description ◽  
Zoological Museum ◽  
The West ◽  
History Museum ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species

Recently, we (Akkari & Enghoff 2011) described a new species of the genus Rharodesmus Schubart, 1960, discussing the taxonomic state of the family Pyrgodesmidae and providing notes on the four genera occurring in the west Palaearctic area. However, we failed to present details on the holotype of the new species, which we now provide in this note in order to make the species name available. Thus, we describe here the new species Rharodesmus tabarkensis Akkari & Enghoff by reference to the full description given in Akkari & Enghoff (2011) with the following information on the type material: Holotype ♂, TUNISIA, NW, Jendouba Governorate, Tabarka, N36°57.8, E8°44.6, alt. < 40 m, coastal slope below the Genoese fort, under stones, 9.iii.2009, N. Akkari & H. Enghoff leg. (Natural History Museum of Denmark, Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, ‒ ZMUC); Paratypes: 12 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀, 14 juveniles, same locality and date as holotype, N. Akkari & H. Enghoff leg. (ZMUC).

Two new synonyms in Neotropical Philonthina (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4608 (1) ◽  
pp. 191 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARIANA CHANI POSSE ◽  
JOSE MANUEL RAMÍREZ SALAMANCA
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Phylogenetic Study ◽  
University Of Kansas ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Field Museum ◽  
Biodiversity Research ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
Relevant Material

As part of an ongoing phylogenetic study on the Neotropical Philonthina (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) that includes species of Belonuchus Nordmann, 1837, Hesperus Fauvel, 1874 and Paederomimus Sharp, 1885 (Chani Posse & Ramírez Salamanca in prep.), we examined type material of species belonging to these genera as well as conspecific material from different European and North American collections. Type and non-type material were either examined by MCP during a visit to the Natural History Museum, London, UK (BMNH) or borrowed from the following institutions: Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA (FMNH), Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, Germany (ZMHB), Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna, Austria (NMW), Canadian National Collection of Insects, Ottawa, Canada (CNC) and Snow Entomological Collection, Natural History Museum/Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA (SEMC). Based on our revision of relevant material from the abovementioned collections, two new synonyms are here proposed. 

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.

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.

The internal features of the Rhynchonellid brachiopod Propriopugnus Brunton, 1984, from the lower Carboniferous of England

1996 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 530-531 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norman M. Savage ◽  
Risa M. Corlett
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
British Museum ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Museum Specimen ◽  
Lower Carboniferous ◽  
History Museum

As part of the preparation for reviewing the Paleozoic rhynchonellids for the revised brachiopod treatise, one of us (NMS) requested help from Dr. Howard Brunton, of the Natural History Museum (British Museum, London) in obtaining type material of Propriopugnus pugnus (Martin) to further investigate the internal features. Dr. Brunton kindly sent a Natural History Museum specimen that he considers to be close to the lectotype. This specimen has been photographed and sectioned, and it is described below.

scholarly journals Identity and neotypification of Hieracium zanogae (Asteraceae), endemic to the Southern Carpathians

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 257 (2) ◽  
pp. 198
Author(s):  
Zbigniew Szelag
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
The Other ◽  
Taxonomic Position ◽  
Original Material ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Hungarian Natural History Museum ◽  
Southern Carpathians

In a taxonomic revision of Hieracium sect. Cernua Uechtritz (1875: 215) in the Carpathians, Sudetes and Alps (Szeląg 2006a), I did not manage to resolve the taxonomic position of  H. zanogae Pax (1908: 98) described from the Retezat Mountains in the Southern Carpathians, Romania. I have been unable to trace any specimens of Pax’s original material in a number of European herbaria, including the Hungarian Natural History Museum in Budapest (BP) which hosts the Carpathian herbarium of Pax, and the Natural History Museum in Wrocław (WRSL) where Ferdinand Pax worked. Based on the description included in the protologue (Pax 1908), I supposed that H. zanogae could be conspecific with H. tubulare Nyárády in Zahn (1929: 144), the other endemic species to the Retezat Mountains.

Students as Museum Scientists

1996 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 35-44
Author(s):  
Donald L. Lofgren
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
The Other ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Educational Message ◽  
To Come

The Typical visitor thinks of a natural history museum as a place to go to view interesting displays. They expect to come away from the experience with increased knowledge and appreciation of the educational message of each exhibit. However, few visitors are aware that a natural history museum is much more than exhibits. Typically, such a museum has less than five percent of its specimens on display. What function does the other ninety-five percent serve? How are specimens obtained? What happens to specimens once they are included in a museum's permanent collections? These are questions which few visitors think about as they view displays in a natural history museum.

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