Elucidating the nomenclature and taxonomy of Phalaena euphemia Stoll, 1781, the type species of the genus Heraclia Hübner, [1820] (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Agaristinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5048 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-252
Author(s):  
ABIGAIL H. COLLINS
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Senior Synonym ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae

The genus Heraclia (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Agaristinae) and the species involved in the confused nomenclature and taxonomy of the type species, Phalaena euphemia Stoll, 1781 are investigated. The rediscovery of the type specimen of Noctua geryon Fabricius, 1781, a taxon that had previously been treated as the senior synonym of euphemia, justified the revival of the latter from synonymy with the former. The type material of euphemia could not be traced and a neotype is designated to fix the published name to a physical specimen. In addition to detailed diagnoses and re-descriptions, the revised taxonomy of Heraclia euphemia and Heraclia geryon is provided and the following new synonymies are proposed: Eusemia pallida Walker, 1854 and Eusemia niveosparsa Westwood, 1881 are synonymised with H. geryon and Eusemia nugatrix Westwood, 1881 is synonymised with H. euphemia. Distributional data for each of the species are presented.  

NOMENCLATORIAL NOTES ON AGROTIS OBESULA AND AGROTIPHILA (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE)

1968 ◽  
Vol 100 (8) ◽  
pp. 891-893 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. F. Hardwick
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Senior Synonym ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae

AbstractAgrotis obesula Smith is synonymous with the European Agrotis trux Hübner. Because of the fact that it was based on a "misidentified" type species, Agrotiphila Grote should be construed as a senior synonym of Agrotimorpha Barnes and Benjamin, and not of Orosagrotis Hampson.

Catalog of the types of Coleoptera (Insecta) deposited at Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (MUSM), Lima, Peru

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4299 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
ANGÉLICO ASENJO ◽  
LUIS FIGUEROA
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Complete Information ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Type Material ◽  
San Marcos ◽  
Historia Natural

The Coleoptera type species of Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos housed in the Entomology Department, Lima, Peru, were examined and listed. This is an important collection in South America and the largest in Peru. All type material of Coleoptera were studied and photographed. Complete information is given for each type specimen, including the reference of the original description and labels data. A total of 275 types specimens were listed and arranged in families. 

Generic Review of New Zealand Chrysomelinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4740 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
RICHARD A.B. LESCHEN ◽  
CHRIS A. M. REID ◽  
KONSTANTIN S. NADEIN
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Leaf Beetle ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Type Material ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Senior Synonym

The leaf beetle subfamily Chrysomelinae is reviewed for New Zealand. The native fauna consists of six genera, three new, all of which are described: Aphilon Sharp, 1876; Caccomolpus Sharp, 1886; Chalcolampra Blanchard, 1853; Mauroda gen. nov.; Nanomela gen. nov.; Zeaphilon gen. nov.. Chalcolampra is the senior synonym of Cyrtonogetus Broun, 1915 (comb. nov.). These genera include 51 species, nine newly described and eight in new combinations, as follows: Caccomolpus laticollis (Broun, 1893) comb. nov., from Aphilon; C. pretiosus (Broun, 1880) comb. nov., from Aphilon; Chalcolampra crassa (Broun, 1915) comb. nov., from Cyrtonogetus; Maurodus arcus sp. nov.; M. cinctiger (Broun, 1921) comb. nov., from Caccomolpus; M. impressus (Broun, 1914) comb. nov., from Aphilon; M. lepidus sp. nov.; M. maculatus (Broun, 1893) comb. nov., from Caccomolpus; M. nunni sp. nov.; M. occiduus sp. nov.; M. ornatus (Broun, 1910) comb. nov., from Caccomolpus; M. owenensis sp. nov.; M. plagiatus (Sharp, 1886) comb. nov., from Caccomolpus; M. supernus sp. nov.; Nanomela tiniheke sp. nov.; Zeaphilon marskeae sp. nov.; Z. mirandum sp. nov.. All 11 species in the genus Maurodus are described and a key given for their identification. Type material of the New Zealand species of Aphilon (10 species), Caccomolpus (14 species) and Chalcolampra (13 species) is reviewed and lectotypes designated for 16 species, as well as M. cinctiger. A type species is designated for Caccomolpus: C. globosus Sharp, 1886. Holotypes are confirmed for 26 species. Seven genera and 13 species of exotic Chrysomelinae also occur in New Zealand and their presence is briefly reviewed. One of these exotics has been misnamed as Paropsisterna variicollis (Chapuis, 1877), a junior synonym of P. cloelia (Stål, 1860) (syn. nov.). A key to all genera of Chrysomelinae in New Zealand is provided. 

Taxonomic assessments of some Cyprinotinae Bronstein, 1947 species (Crustacea: Ostracoda) from Japanese and Korean rice fields, including (re-) descriptions of six species and a review of the type species of the subfamily

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4795 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-69
Author(s):  
ROBIN JAMES SMITH ◽  
CHEON YOUNG CHANG
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Rice Fields ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Separate Species ◽  
Asian Rice ◽  
Taxonomic Descriptions ◽  
Senior Synonym ◽  
Korean Rice

Rice is the staple food crop for approximately half the world’s population, but some common and abundant taxa inhabiting rice fields, such as ostracods, are poorly studied. For many ostracod species only brief, initial descriptions are available, hindering reliable identifications, and so their ecological roles in rice fields remain obscure. This study partially addresses this problem by assessing the taxonomic validity of six species of Cyprinotinae ostracods reported from rice fields in Japan and South Korea: Cyprinotus  uenoi Brehm, 1936, Hemicypris megalops Sars, 1903, Hemicypris ovata Sars, 1903, Hemicypris vulgaris Okubo, 1990, Heterocypris rotundata (Bronstein, 1928), and Hemicypris kawagaensis Okubo, 2004 nomen nudum. Type material of C. uenoi was not designated and Brehm’s ostracod collection is missing, but Japanese and Korean records of C. uenoi differ significantly from Brehm‘s original description. The Japanese and Korean species is described and named herein as Cyprinotus cassidula sp. nov. Japanese specimens reported to be Hemicypris megalops are probably misidentified, but details of the carapace of Hemicypris megalops are obscure due to poor preservation of type material. Examination of topotype material of Hemicypris posterotruncata Bate, 1970, a sub-fossil from near Lake Turkana in Kenya, demonstrates that this species is extant in Asian rice fields. Investigation of type material of Hemicypris kliei (Lindroth, 1953) has revealed that it is not a senior synonym of Hemicypris posterotruncata, contrary to previous studies. Size and morphological data indicates that Hemicypris vulgaris is a large form of Hemicypris posterotruncata and the two species are treated as synonyms herein. Examination of paralectotypes of Hemicypris ovata indicates that it is very similar to Hemicypris posterotruncata, especially the larger morphotypes, but as these two species can be distinguished by morphological features they are both retained as separate species. However, Japanese records of Hemicypris ovata are considered misidentifications of the larger forms of Hemicypris posterotruncata. Hemicypris kawagaensis, which has only been reported once from East Asia, is herein regarded as a junior synonym of Hemicypris barbadensis Broodbakker, 1983, and is likely an alien species in Asia. Asian specimens previously identified as Heterocypris rotundata show sufficient differences to European specimens to determine that they are not conspecific. This species is described as Heterocypris savatenalintonae sp. nov. Taxonomic descriptions of Hemicypris ovata, Hemicypris posterotruncata, Hemicypris megalops, Hemicypris kliei, Heterocypris savatenalintonae sp. nov., and Cyprinotus cassidula sp. nov. are presented. Finally, it is noted that past redescriptions of Cyprinotus cingalensis Brady, 1886, the type species of the genus and the subfamily Cyprinotinae Bronstein 1947, are based partly on other species. 

Revalidation and redescription of Feltia deprivata (Walker) (= bilitura of authors) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), a pest species on South America

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4323 (2) ◽  
pp. 250 ◽  
Author(s):  
GERMÁN SAN BLAS ◽  
FEDERICO AGRAÍN
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Pest Species ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Senior Synonym ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae

Agrotis bilitura Guenée (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is cited on numerous works as a pest species in South America and as senior synonym of Feltia deprivata (Walker). Previous studies noted that both species were not synonymies, but valid species. The revision of type material of these species allow us to regard both species as valid species belonging to different genera. In the present work, we revalidate F. deprivata, giving a complete description of the morphological characters for male and female adults. As stated on previous works, we also support that A. bilitura belongs within the genus Pseudoleucania Staudinger, proposing the following nomenclatural changes: Pseudoleucania bilitura (Guenée) stat. rev., also lectotypes of Lycophotia atrifascia Hampson were designated in order to definitely provide name-bearing types to the type material studied and to stabilize nomenclature. Finally, we carry out a revision of all the literature concluding that the actual pest species in South America is F. deprivata not P. bilitura, and updating and correcting the distributional and hosts plant information for F. deprivata. 

scholarly journals The lectotype of <i>Spiroplecta rosula</i> Ehrenberg, 1854 – the type species of <i>Bolivinopsis</i> Yakovlev, 1891 (Foraminifera)

2009 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-190
Author(s):  
M. A. Kaminski ◽  
D. B. Lazarus
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Geological Museum ◽  
Soviet Literature ◽  
Senior Synonym ◽  
The Status ◽  
Single Genus ◽  
Microscope Slides

Abstract. INTRODUCTIONThe Ehrenberg collection of microfossils in the Natural History Museum, Berlin contains the original reference material for a single genus of agglutinated foraminifera – Bolivinopsis Yakovlev, 1891. Among the foraminiferal specimens preserved in the collection, a single specimen was selected and illustrated by Ehrenberg (1854) as Spiroplecta rosula. This species was subsequently designated by Kisselman (1964) as the senior synonym of Bolivinopsis capitata Yakovlev, 1891, making it the type species of Bolivinopsis by virtue of synonymy. According to Kisselman (1964), the type specimens of B. capitata were deposited in the Central Geological Museum in St Petersburg, and were lost during the war. Indeed, the name B. capitata is not used in the Soviet literature, and such forms are consistently attributed to B. rosula. As part of the work undertaken for a Catalogue of Agglutinated Foraminiferal Genera, we undertook a search of the Ehrenberg Collection in order to establish the status of the type specimen(s) of Spiroplecta rosula.MATERIAL AND METHODSThe Ehrenberg collection of microfossils at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin consists of innumerable specimens embedded in Canada Balsam mounted on small mica disks that served as microscope slides. Small paper rings pressed onto the surface of the disks were used by Ehrenberg to mark specimens of importance, such as illustrated in Ehrenberg’s (1854) book Mikrogeologie. A catalogue of the collection was compiled originally by Ehrenberg’s daughter Clara and has been supplemented by new collection databases. We used these sources to locate and examine all the micas from the . . .

scholarly journals The type specimen of Nilssoniopteris solitaria (Phillips 1829) (Bennettitales)

2017 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Pott ◽  
Johanna H.A. Van Konijnenburg-Van Cittert
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Senior Synonym

AbstractWe identified and located the type specimen ofScolopendrium solitarium, which is the basionym to what for decades was commonly referred to as “Nilssoniopteris vittata” and is now known asNilssoniopteris solitaria(Phillips) Cleal et P.M.Rees. As Cleal and Rees (2003) never located and studied the type specimen ofScolopendrium solitariumand simply trusted Harris (1969), who includedScolopendrium solitariumin the synonymy ofNilssoniopteris vittata, it remained to be shown that this specimen indeed has bennettitalean affinities. Here we provide results of a cuticular analysis of the material and confirm the bennettitalean nature ofScolopendrium solitarium, and consequently that its placement inNilssoniopteris solitariais valid.Nilssoniopteris solitariais, as a senior synonym ofNilssoniopteris tenuinervis, the type species ofNilssoniopteris. The name “Nilssoniopteris vittata” should no longer be used because it was based onTaeniopteris vittata, which is the conserved type ofTaeniopteris, a genus in which taeniopterid fossils are placed if epidermal anatomy is unknown. Specimens identified as this species but yielding a bennettitalean cuticle should be referred to asNilssoniopteris solitaria.

An annotated checklist of mesoplodont whale species (Cetacea, Ziphiidae) discovered during the nineteenth century

2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 226-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. N. H. Waller
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Additional Data ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
External Morphology ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Beaked Whale ◽  
Registration Number ◽  
Annotated Checklist

Eight species of mesoplodont whales (genus Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850) named during the nineteenth century are based on valid descriptions. A checklist with the original description and type material for each of these species is provided. Additional data given may include type locality and illustrative sources, type material holding institution and type registration number(s). The only type specimen for which a record of external morphology was published relates to the 1803 stranding of Sowerby's beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens).

A refined circumscription of Notobubon striatum and the resurrection of Dregea collina Ecklon & Zeyher (Apiaceae, Apioideae)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 266 (1) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANTHONY R. MAGEE ◽  
ODETTE E. CURTIS ◽  
B-E. VAN WYK
Keyword(s):  
Conservation Status ◽  
Leaf Size ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Type Material ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Careful Examination ◽  
Field Surveys ◽  
Extensive Field

Extensive field surveys of the Critically Endangered Central and Eastern Rûens Shale Renosterveld have uncovered that Notobubon striatum, as currently circumscribed, comprises two distinct species. Upon careful examination of the type material it has become clear that names exist for both species. The type specimen of N. striatum clearly matches the lesser known species, a large shrub, ca. 1 m. tall, with a powerful anise-scent and which is restricted to the banks of seasonal rivers and watercourses in the Central and Eastern Rûens Shale Renosterveld. The second and better known entity, with a wider distribution, corresponds to the type material of Dregea collina Ecklon & Zeyher. As such, a new combination, Notobubon collinum (Ecklon & Zeyher) Magee, is here made to accommodate this taxon, restricted to dry quartz and silcrete patches or outcrops in Eastern Rûens Shale Renosterveld. In their revised circumscriptions N. striatum and N. collinum are readily distinguished by habit, scent, leaf size and division, as well as leaf lobe shape and sepal size. Comprehensive descriptions of both species are provided, together with notes on their ecology and conservation status, and the existing key to the species of Notobubon updated. This brings the number of recognised species in the genus to thirteen.

Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828: rediscovery of a holotype

Mammalia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 83 (4) ◽  
pp. 343-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Haberland ◽  
Oliver Hampe ◽  
Marijke Autenrieth ◽  
Manja Voß
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Ancient Dna ◽  
Vertebral Column ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Skeletal Remains ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
Type Material ◽  
World War ◽  
Mitochondrial Haplotypes ◽  
The World

Abstract The whereabouts of the Balaenoptera borealis holotype, the skeleton of a 1819 stranded specimen, have been unknown since the World War II (WWII). Due to nomenclatural confusion, deficient documentation, and finally WWII bombing, which destroyed predominantly cetacean material in the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN), the type skeleton of the sei whale sank into oblivion. Construction activities enabled a recent search and study on the remaining whale material. Here, we provide evidence that the type specimen was not destroyed. On the basis of species-wide and individual characters of the type material such as the shape of cranial elements and the pattern of the maxillary foramina, we show that the skull and mandibles, the vertebral column (except the atlas), and the ribs of the holotype remain intact. Further evidence that these skeletal remains belong to the previously missing holotype is provided by the characteristics of the spine. In addition, we analyzed ancient DNA from bone samples and confirm they are B. borealis, and the occurrence of same mitochondrial haplotypes indicate that the bones belong to the same individual. Additionally, a blue inscription was discovered at the caudal epiphysis of a thoracic vertebra; historical research matched this inscription with the material belonging to the former Anatomical-Zootomical Museum, from which the holotype was once bought.

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