Macrocyrtus imomzodai Barševskis, 2016, a new synonym of Metapocyrtus (Orthocyrtus) orbiferoides Schultze, 1918 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4254 (3) ◽  
pp. 375
Author(s):  
HIRAKU YOSHITAKE
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
History Museum ◽  
New Synonym ◽  
Female Holotype ◽  
New Synonymy

Metapocyrtus (Orthocyrtus) orbiferoides Schultze, 1918 was described based on the female holotype collected from Ilocos Norte, North Luzon, Philippines. Since that time, it has been left unstudied for almost a century until I examined the holotype of M. (O.) orbiferoides in 2010 at Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen, Museum für Tierkunde, Dresden (SMTD). Recently, Barševskis (2016) described Macrocyrtus imomzodai based on two female specimens from Ilocos Norte, Luzon. Judging from the original description and dorsal and lateral habitus images, it is quite apparent that M. imomzodai is conspecific with M. (O.) orbiferoides. Here I propose a new synonymy based on these examinations. I thank Klaus-Dieter Klass, Olaf Jäger, Christian Schmidt, and Matthias Nuss (SMTD) for their support during my stay in Dresden. My thanks are also due to Steve R. Davis (American Natural History Museum, New York) and Naoko Nakahara (Tsukuba) for their help for preparing the manuscript. 

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.

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.

Critical revision of Stemonitis and Symphytocarpus (Myxomycetes) at the Natural History Museum London (BM)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 458 (4) ◽  
pp. 257-280
Author(s):  
G. MORENO ◽  
A. CASTILLO ◽  
H. THÜS
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Correct Identification ◽  
Original Material ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Sem Images ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Critical Revision

Light- and scanning electron microscopy are applied to re-assess diagnostic characters of type specimens and critical specimens of species in the genera Stemonitis and Symphytocarpus (Stemonitales, Myxomycetes) from the collections of the Natural History Museum London (BM). The results are used to discuss published data and the type status for specimens of Stemonitis ferruginea, S. flavogenita, S. herbatica, S. inconspicua, S. morganii, S. pallida, S. smithii, S. uvifera, S. virginiensis, S. webberi, Symphytocarpus amaurochaetoides, S. confluens, S. flaccidus and S. herbaticus. Due to severe shortcomings of the original description and the absence of preserved original material we regard S. axifera (Bull.) Macbride as a nomen ambiguum and propose to re-adopt the use of S. ferruginea as the valid name for the common taxon S. axifera auct. (non (Bull.) T.Macbr.). SEM characters support the treatment of Stemonitis smithii as a synonym of S. ferruginea. Stemonitis webberi instead is shown to be well separated from S. splendens by several independent characters. The importance of SEM characters for the correct identification of critical specimens of Stemonitis ferruginea, S.pallida and S. webberi is highlighted and accurate spore measurements based on SEM images are provided for all species.

The type of the enigmatic creeping water bug Naucoris sumatranus FIEBER, 1851 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Naucoridae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2981 (1) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
HERBERT ZETTEL
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
Species Identity ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Water Bugs

In the Malesian faunal region the Naucoridae or creeping water bugs comprise 79 described species, which have been mostly subject to recent reviews and revisions (see checklist and references in Chen et al. 2005; and Zettel 2007, Polhemus & Polhemus 2008, Polhemus et al. 2008, Sites & Suputa 2008, Sites & Vitheepradit 2011). However, an exception, Naucoris sumatranus remained untreated for 160 years, since its short original description by Fieber in 1851. To fill this gap the type specimen in the Natural History Museum Vienna is redescribed and the species identity is discussed.

scholarly journals Annotated catalogue of the types of Triphoridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Natural History Museum of the United Kingdom, London

2019 ◽  
Vol 95 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-308
Author(s):  
Paolo G. Albano ◽  
Piet A. J. Bakker ◽  
Bruno Sabelli
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Nominal Species ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Type Series ◽  
The United Kingdom

We revise the type specimens of 132 nominal species of worldwide Triphoridae stored in the Natural History Museum of the United Kingdom (NHMUK), London. We provide the species name in its original combination, followed by bibliographic details of the original description, the location of the known type material, the original description (and its translation when in Latin), a diagnosis and curatorial or nomenclatural notes. We illustrated most specimens in the type series in colour and with SEM imaging and we have added the original figure whenever possible. The specimens of Triphorisalveolatus, T.granulatus, T.suturalis and T.verrucosus, all A. Adams & Reeve, 1850, T.pfeifferi Crosse & Fischer, 1865 and T.cucullatus de Folin, 1867, previously considered type material, are not considered here belonging to the type series. Adams & Reeve’s taxa should be considered nomina dubia. The name Triphorainsularum is a manuscript name by H.E.J. Biggs who deposited “types” in the NHMUK but refrained from introducing the name due to the lack of apex of the studied material. We selected lectotypes for six species (T.concors Hinds, 1843, T.maxillaris Hinds, 1843, T.fuscomaculata E.A. Smith, 1904, T.shepstonensis E.A. Smith, 1906, T.eupunctata G.B. Sowerby III, 1907, and T.rufula Watson, 1886) to stabilize the nomenclature. Finally, we illustrate original specimens (although not types) of three species described by Turton, whose type material is lost.

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