Coris sandageri, an unjustified emendation of Coris sandeyeri (Hector 1884) (Pisces, Labridae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3061 (1) ◽  
pp. 67 ◽  
Author(s):  
BARRY C. RUSSELL
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Labrid Fish ◽  
Correct Spelling

Confusion has surrounded the correct spelling of the species name of the labrid fish Cymolutes (=Coris) sandeyeri Hector 1884. In his original description, Hector (1884a) stated the specimen from Tiritiri Island was “collected by Mr. S. Sandeyer”, a misspelling of the surname of F.S. (Andreas Fremming Stewart) Sandager, who was then Assistant Lighthouse Keeper at Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand, from June 1881 to May 1883 (Phillips 2011), and after whom the species was named.

Revision of Zorion Pascoe (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), an endemic genus of New Zealand

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 1066 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
FRANZ-RUDOLF SCHNITZLER ◽  
QIAO WANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Species Distribution ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Biological Information ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Endemic Genus ◽  
Longhorn Beetle

The genus Zorion Pascoe (Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae), commonly known as flower longhorn beetle, is endemic to New Zealand where it is widely distributed on the main and some offshore islands. A taxonomic revision of Zorion adults is given, including a description and illustrations of the genus. The previously known species Z. batesi Sharp, Z. guttigerum (Westwood), Z. minutum (Fabricius), and Z. opacum Sharp are redescribed; Z. castum Broun is synonymised with Z.guttigerum. Lectotypes are designated here for Z. guttigerum and Z. opacum. Six new species are described, Z. angustifasciatum sp. nov. from Three Kings Islands, Z. australe sp. nov. from South Island, Z. dugdalei sp. nov. from Poor Knights Island, Z. kaikouraiensis sp. nov. from the Kaikoura region, Z. nonmaculatum sp. nov. from D’Urville Islands, and Z. taranakiensis sp. nov. from the Taranaki region. The species Z. exiguum Gmelin has been excluded from the study because neither the original description nor the holotype could be located. A key to all ten species is included and diagnostic elytral spot patterns are illustrated. Biological information presented is based on publications, collecting records and our observations. A distribution map for all species is included and species distribution is discussed in relation to New Zealand’s biogeographical history.

Review of the genus Drylichus Heller (Insecta: Coleoptera: Dryopidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2157 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
JÁN KODADA ◽  
MANFRED A. JÄCH ◽  
ČIAMPOR FEDOR JR.
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Antennal Sensilla ◽  
Two New Species

The genus Drylichus Heller, which has not been treated since the original description in 1916, is reviewed taxonomically. The type species, Drylichus hylesinoides Heller (New Caledonia), is redescribed. Two new species, D. fidelitas sp. nov. (Lifou Island) and D. monteithi sp. nov. (New Caledonia), are described. Drylichus is hypothesized to be closely related with Parnida Broun (New Zealand), with which it shares the following characters: (1) shape of mouthparts and gular region, (2) distribution and morphology of sensilla on mouthparts, (3) configuration of antennomeres, (4) correspondence of several types of antennal sensilla, (5) shape of ventral sclerites of thorax and abdomen.

The weevil genus Trigonopterus Fauvel (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) and its synonyms—a taxonomic study on the species tied to its genus-group names

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2977 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALEXANDER RIEDEL
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Taxonomic Study

The genus Trigonopterus Fauvel, 1862 is briefly diagnosed. At present, four junior subjective synonyms of the genus exist: Idotasia Pascoe, 1871, Eurysia Pascoe, 1885, Mimidotasia Voss, 1960 (syn. n.), and Microgymnapterus Voss, 1960 (syn. n.). Trigonopterus vossi nom.n. is proposed as a replacement name of the secondary homonym T. submetallicus (Voss, 1960) nec T. submetallicus Marshall, 1921, and T. micros nom.n. to replace T. minutus (Voss, 1960: 327) nec T. minutus (Voss, 1960: 341). Idotasia nasuta Pascoe is designated type species of Idotasia. Lectotypes are designated for the following names: Eurysia fulvicornis Pascoe, Idotasia ebriosa Pascoe, Idotasia elliptica Pascoe, Idotasia inclusa Pascoe, Idotasia nasuta Pascoe, Idotasia scaphioides Pascoe, and Microgymnapterus minutus Voss. The type species of Trigonopterus, Eurysia, Mimidotasia and Microgymnapterus, as well as the five species included in Pascoe´s original description of Idotasia are redescribed: T. ebriosus (Pascoe), T. ellipticus (Pascoe), T. fulvicornis (Pascoe), T. inclusus (Pascoe), T. insignis Fauvel, T. micros nom.n., T. nasutus (Pascoe), T. scaphioides (Pascoe), and T. vossi nom.n.. Trigonopterus egenus (Pascoe) is recognized as a junior synonym of T. scaphioides (Pascoe), syn.n.. Trigonopterus oblitus sp.n., is described based on specimens labeled as paratypes of Microgymnapterus minutus. Douttia basimaculata Voss 1960 is transferred to Trigonopterus: T. basimaculatus (Voss) comb.n.. Trigonopterus insignis Fauvel is endemic to New Caledonia, T. fulvicornis (Pascoe) to Sulawesi; the remaining species treated herein are restricted to parts of New Guinea and Maluku. The record of T. egenus (Pascoe) for New Zealand is incorrect.

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.

Supplementary description of Scheloribates crassus Hammer, 1967 (Acari, Oribatida, Scheloribatidae) from New Zealand

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheng-Lin Liu ◽  
YI YAN ◽  
Zhi-Qiang Zhang ◽  
Li-Xia Xie
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
The Future ◽  
Small Holes

The original description of Scheloribates crassus Hammer, 1967 was incomplete, lacking information and figures about some morphological structures. Our specimens of S. crassus match broadly with the original description of the type specimens. However, there are the following differences: the morphological structures of leg I–II, the number of saccules, the presence of small holes between h3. Therefore, to help with its identification and discussion in the future, supplementary description of specimens is necessary. The supplementary description of Scheloribates crassus Hammer, 1967 is presented on the basis of specimens from Auckland and Bay of Plenty, New Zealand in this paper.

Demodex melesinus (Acariformes: Demodecidae) – the forgotten European badger parasite, rediscovered after 100 years

2018 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 665-668 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna N. Izdebska ◽  
Karolina Cierocka ◽  
Leszek Rolbiecki ◽  
Paulina Kozina ◽  
Marta Kołodziej-Sobocińska
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Meles Meles ◽  
Mite Species ◽  
Lutra Lutra ◽  
Mustela Erminea ◽  
Eurasian Otter ◽  
European Badger ◽  
Current Record

Abstract Among 15 demodecid mite species (Acariformes: Demodecidae) recorded from carnivorans Carnivora, 3 species were described from mustelids Mustelidae. They are known only from single records, for which Demodex erminae has been described from the stoat Mustela erminea from Great Britain and New Zealand, D. melesinus from the European badger Meles meles known solely from Great Britain and D. lutrae discovered in the Eurasian otter Lutra lutra from Poland. The current record confirms the existence of D. melesinus, in badger from Poland, after close to one hundred years from its original description, as well as the first detection of the male for this species.

scholarly journals Dana, replacement name for the New Zealand talitrid amphipod genus Tara Duncan, 1994 (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Talitridae), preoccupied by Tara Peckham & Peckham, 1886 (Araneae, Salticidae, Amycinae, Astiini)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2912 (1) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
J. K. LOWRY
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Endemic Genus ◽  
Jumping Spiders ◽  
New Name ◽  
Identification Keys ◽  
Salticid Spiders

Tara Duncan, 1994, was established as a terrestrial genus of New Zealand talitrid amphipods, with the type species Orchestia sylvicola Dana, 1852. It was recently discovered to be a junior homonym of Tara Peckham & Peckham, 1886, a genus of salticid spiders (Araneae, Salticidae, Amycinae, Astiini). Tara Peckham & Peckham, 1886, is a valid name in current use for a small endemic genus of Australian jumping spiders recently revised by Zabka (1987). Tara Duncan, 1994, appears in the literature at least three times: in the original description of the genus (Duncan 1994), in identification keys to the terrestrial amphipods of New Zealand (Fenwick & Webber 2008), and in the recent inventory of New Zealand biodiversity (Webber et al. 2010). The new name, Dana, is proposed to replace Tara Duncan, 1994.

scholarly journals Wikimedia Projects and Citizen Science

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siobhan Leachman
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
Citizen Scientist ◽  
The Creation

I intend to present an outline of my work as a citizen scientist. I use English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata to interlink databases, including GBIF, EOL, NZOR and Plant-SyNZ. All of these provide information on New Zealand endemic species. I link those databases to scientific literature, including the original description as well as the New Zealand conservation threat classification of the species. I also link to other pieces of information, such as photographs and illustrations as well as outreach efforts by Department of Conservation staff. In addition, I will explain how, by editing Wikidata, Wikimedians can assist in filling gaps that result from a lack of publicly available, comprehensive and authoritative databases. Using practical examples, I will show how data collated and curated in Wikidata can be queried. I will explain how information collated in Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons is ingested and reused by the citizen science observation platform iNaturalist. I intend to argue that this reuse assists with the creation of more accurate citizen science-generated biodiversity observation data. This in turn increases the depth of information known about particular species.

scholarly journals First record of the Deepsea pigfish Congiopodus coriaceus (Scorpaeniformes: Congiopodidae) in the Great Australian Bight with new data on morphology

2020 ◽  
Vol 324 (4) ◽  
pp. 476-484
Author(s):  
M.Yu. Zhukov
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Body Height ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Branchial Arch ◽  
Individual Variability ◽  
Morphometric Parameters ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Great Australian Bight ◽  
First Time

The Deepsea pigfish Congiopodus coriaceus Paulin et Moreland, 1979 is recorded from the waters off the southern coast of Australia, Great Australian Bight for the first time, based on a juvenile specimen SL 64 mm collected in 1966. This is the westernmost known locality of the species, 3500 km from the type locality off New Zealand. The lack of published data after the original description of the species revealed the need to clarify a number of meristic and morphometric parameters. Based on x-ray images of 28 ZIN specimens of C. coriaceus from New Zealand, the range of individual variability in the number of vertebrae, the number of rays of the dorsal and anal fins is shown. The number of procurrent and principal rays in the caudal fin has been clarified. In some cases, the range of morphometric parameters published in the original description has been expanded, for example, the maximum body height and head length. The original description was supplemented with 16 new measurements. For the first time, data on the lengths of the ventral and caudal fins, the length and height of the caudal peduncle, and the interorbital distance were published. Because of contradictory published data on the number of gill rakers on the first branchial arch, their number was clarified; the diagnostic value of this parameter was confirmed.

Synbranchus doeringii Weyenbergh, 1877, a justified emendation of S. döringii (Pisces: Synbranchidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1509 (1) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
STEFAN KOERBER
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Santa Fe ◽  
Widespread Species ◽  
Correct Spelling

Weyenbergh in 1877 described Synbranchus döringii from lakes near Santa Fé, Argentina.  Synbranchus döringii is considered as a synonym of Synbranchus marmoratus, a widespread species occurring throughout Central and South America (Kullander 2003).  Synbranchus Döringii, as spelled in the original description, is frequently listed sub S. doringii by recent authors (e.g. Eschmeyer 1998; Kullander 2003). Eschmeyer emended Döringii to doringii and additionally said “Species name originally spelled as Döringii; if based on a German name the correct spelling would be doeringii”.

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