New specific synonymies and taxonomic notes on Neotropical blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 853 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. M. HERNÁNDEZ ◽  
A. J. SHELLEY
Keyword(s):  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Type Material ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
The Status ◽  
Region Information

In this paper we clarify the status of some poorly known blackfly species from the Neotropical Region. Information is provided about their depositories, their condition, and already-established synonyms. Fifteen new synonyms are established, two species are assigned to a different subgenus, and five lectotypes are designated based on an examination of type material. The following new synonyms are proposed: Simulium tarsatum Macquart (= S. mexicanum Bellardi, S. seriatum Knab, S. aureopunctatum Malloch, S. placidum Knab, S. lugubre Lutz & Nuñez Továr, S. turgidum Hoffmann, Trichodagmia laticalx Enderlein, T. latidigitus Enderlein, S. bellardii Py-Daniel & Moreira Sampaio); S. nigrimanum Macquart (= T. spadicidorsum Enderlein); and S. townsendi Malloch (= S. chalcocoma Knab, T. ecuadoriensis Enderlein, T. latitarsis Enderlein, T. strigata Enderlein, S. muiscorum Bueno, Moncada & Muñoz de Hoyos). Five lectotypes are designated for the following species names: T. laticalx, T. latidigitus, T. spadicidorsum, T. ecuadoriensis and T. latitarsis. Two species, S. tarsale Williston & S. tarsatum Macquart, previously unplaced in the genus Simulium s.l. are now assigned to the subgenus Hemicnetha Enderlein.

New specific synonymies and taxonomic notes on Neotropical black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) belonging to the subgenera Chirostilbia Enderlein, Hemicnetha Enderlein, Inaequalium Coscarón & Wygodzinsky, Psaroniocompsa Enderlein  and Psilopelmia Enderlein

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1506 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
LUIS MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ ◽  
ANTHONY JOHN SHELLEY ◽  
ANTONIO PAULINO ANDRADE DE LUNA DIAS ◽  
MARILZA MAIA-HERZOG
Keyword(s):  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Black Flies ◽  
Black Fly ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
The Status ◽  
New Type ◽  
Region Information

In this paper we clarify the status of some poorly known black fly species from the Neotropical region. Information is provided about their depositories, their condition and on previously established synonyms. Nineteen new synonyms and three new type designations are made based on an examination of type material. The following new synonyms (in brackets) are proposed: S. subpallidum Lutz (= S. acarayense as S. acarayensis Coscarón & Wygodzinsky); S. spinibranchium Lutz (= S. laneportoi Vargas, S. striginotum Enderlein); S. rubrithorax Lutz (= S. mutucuna Nunes de Mello & Vieira da Silva); S. inaequale (Paterson & Shannon) (= Trichodagmia manicata Enderlein, S. clarki Fairchild, S. pseudoexiguum Nunes de Mello & Almeida); S. subnigrum Lutz (= S. subclavibranchium Lutz, S. nahimi Py-Daniel, S.

scholarly journals New specific synonymy in Neotropical Simulium S. L. (Diptera: Simuliidae)

1984 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. Shelley ◽  
A. P. A Luna Dias ◽  
M. Maia-Herzog
Keyword(s):  
Intraspecific Variation ◽  
Type Material ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
The Status

In an attempt to clarify the taxonomy of Neotropical Simuliidae prior to the production of keys to species, various nomenclatural problems are resolved. Information is given on the status of types, their depositories, the condition of type-material where relevant, and on already established synonyms. fifteen new synonyms are established and six lectotypes designated based on an examination of type-material and long series of reared specimens from many localities to take account of intraspecific variation.

On three unpublished lectotype designations and on the status and positions of Kreizbergius simo-group taxa (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae)

2018 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-106
Author(s):  
Stanislav K. Korb
Keyword(s):  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
The Status

The taxonomic status and positions of taxa described within the genus Kreizbergius Korshunov, 1990 (the simo-group sensu Ackery, 1975) are rearranged. Lectotypes of the following taxa are designated: Parnassius simo var. simonius Staudinger, 1889, Parnassius simo var. simulator Staudinger, 1889, Parnassius gylippos Fruhstorfer, 1903, Parnassius simo confusa Bang-Haas, 1927. It is shown that K. anrdeji (Eisner, 1930) is a subspecies of K. simonius and has the oldest available name K. simonius kozlovi Avinov, 1913. New synonyms within K. simo and K. simonius are established.

scholarly journals A review of fungus gnats in the tribe Exechiini (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from the J. W. Zetterstedt collection at the Museum of Zoology in Lund, Sweden

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 856 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOSTEIN KJÆRANDSEN
Keyword(s):  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Modern Literature ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
Nomen Dubium ◽  
Fungus Gnats ◽  
First Time ◽  
Eleven Species

The collections of fungus gnats by Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt (1785–1874), lodged in the Museum of Zoology in Lund, Sweden, are examined for all species belonging in the tribe Exechiini Edwards. The majority of the material was collected in Fennoscandia, mainly in Sweden, in the first half of the 19 th century. Altogether 37 species of the tribe Exechiini could be safely identified. Three additional species are strongly indicated to be present in the collections, but could not be identified with certainty, viz. Allodia (Brachycampta) alternans (Zetterstedt, 1838), Cordyla murina Winnertz, 1863 and Stigmatomeria crassicornis (Stannius, 1831). Some of Zetterstedt's types have been erroneously synonymized and misinterpreted in modern literature. Hence, illustrations of terminalia are presented for all recognizable Exechiini types described by Zetterstedt. In order to preserve nomenclatural stability a lectotype is selected for Brevicornu griseolum (Zetterstedt, 1852) sensu auctore nec Edwards, and a neotype is selected for Allodia (Brachycampta) alternans (Zetterstedt, 1838). Two species names are reinstated, viz. Brevicornu canescens (Zetterstedt, 1852) sp. restit. stat. n. and Notolopha brachycera (Zetterstedt, 1838) sp. restit. stat. n. Two new synonyms are established, viz. Notolopha brachycera (Zetterstedt, 1838) = Allodiopsis (Notol- opha) tuomikoskii Zaitzev & Maximova, 2000 syn. n., and Brevicornu griseolum (Zetterstedt,1852) = Brevicornu boreale (Lundström, 1914) syn. n. All type specimens of Brevicornu fusculum (Zetterstedt, 1838) have lost their abdomens. No material of Exechia parvula (Zetterstedt, 1852) or Cordyla canescens Zetterstedt, 1852 could be located in the collections. Although the type material of Exechia parvula probably is lost, the name is still valid as a junior synonym for Mycetophila nana Staeger, 1840 since Mycetophila nana Staeger, 1840 is a junior primary homonym of Mycetophila nana Macquart, 1826. Cordyla canescens has been made a junior synonym for Stigmatomeria crassicornis (Stannius, 1831). The identity of Brevicornu fusculum is highly uncertain and the name must remain as a nomen dubium. Eleven species are reinstated or correctly reported from Sweden for the first time: Allodia (Allodia) tuomikoskii Hackman, 1971, Allodia (Allodia) zaitzevi Kurina, 1998, Allodiopsis rustica (Edwards, 1941), Brevicornu canescens (Zetterstedt, 1852), Brevicornu nigrofuscum (Lundström, 1909), Exechiopsis (Xenexechia) crucigera (Lundström, 1909), Pseudexechia aurivernica Chandler, 1978, Notolopha brachycera (Zetterstedt, 1852) Synplasta gracilis (Winnertz, 1863), Tarnania dziedzickii (Edwards, 1941), and Tarnania nemoralis (Edwards, 1941).

Two new synonyms in the dung beetle genus Parachorius (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from the Oriental Region

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4462 (1) ◽  
pp. 139
Author(s):  
SERGEI TARASOV
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dung Beetle ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Oriental Region ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
New Synonymy

The dung beetle genus Parachorius Harold, 1873 (= Cassolus Sharp, 1875) belongs to the monotypic tribe Parachoriini Tarasov, 2017 and includes 19 species from the Oriental and southeastern Palaearctic Regions (Tarasov 2017). Two recent studies (Ochi et al. 2017a, b) described two new species of this genus from Laos and Sumatra. The investigation of detailed descriptions and illustrations from those studies and their assessment in the light of the recent revision of Parachorius (Tarasov 2017) revealed that those new species are synonyms of earlier described ones: P. javanus (Boucomont, 1914) = P. singgalangensis Ochi, Kon & Hartini, 2017, new synonymy, and P. fukiensis (Balthasar, 1960) = C. laosensis Ochi, Kon & Higurashi, 2017, new synonymy. Unfortunately, this oversight happened because the authors of those new species did not check the type material of already described taxa. 

On the taxonomy of Apistobranchus species (Polychaeta: Apistobranchidae) from the Antarctic

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1440 (1) ◽  
pp. 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
MÔNICA A. VARELLA PETTI ◽  
EDMUNDO F. NONATO ◽  
SANDRA BROMBERG ◽  
PAULA F. GHELLER ◽  
PAULO CESAR PAIVA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Type Material ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Ecological Studies ◽  
First Report ◽  
Additional Work ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Antarctic

The first report of Apistobranchus Levinsen, 1883 (Family Apistobranchidae) in Antarctica was presented by Hartman (1967). Two species were later described: Apistobranchus glacierae Hartman, 1978 and Apistobranchus gudrunae Hartmann- Schröder & Rosenfeldt, 1988, which differed from A. glacierae mainly by having compound setae. Subsequently, ecological studies in Antarctica have identified both of these species. On the status of Antarctic Apistobranchus, we concluded that there is up to now, only one valid species, A. glacierae. The character ‘compound-setae’ referred for A. gudrunae is in fact simple limbate ones eventually splintered as described for A. glacierae. Other characters, also previously considered as diagnostics for A. gudrunae, did not differ in both species as shown by the observation of several specimens of different sizes and type material of A. glacierae and A. gudrunae. All the reports on the densities of Antarctic apistobranchids, including ours, show that they have higher values in finer sediments of 20 and 40 m depth. The need of additional work, including the rearing of specimens in the laboratory and plankton analysis, is emphasized.

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. 

True females of the subgenus Photomorphina Schuster (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2559 (1) ◽  
pp. 58 ◽  
Author(s):  
CRAIG M. BRABANT ◽  
KEVIN A. WILLIAMS ◽  
JAMES P. PITTS
Keyword(s):  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Type Material ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
Senior Synonym ◽  
Structural Differences

Using morphological and distributional evidence, the females of Photomorphus (Photomorphina) archboldi Manley & Deyrup, P. (Photomorphina) auriventris Schuster, and P. (Photomorphina) spinci (Bradley) are newly described. Discovery of these females facilitated a necessary study on the structural differences between the two Photomorphus subgenera, Photomorphus Viereck and Photomorphina Schuster, and revealed diagnostic setal patterns and sculpturing of the mesosoma and metasoma for the two subgenera. Furthermore, examination of type material revealed past misidentifications that led to incorrect taxonomic status for these insects, requiring significant changes to taxonomy. Photomorphus myrmicoides (Cockerell) is transferred from the subgenus Photomorphina to subgenus Photomorphus. Photomorphus subtenuis (Viereck), revised status, and Photomorphus impar (Melander), revised status, are resurrected from incorrect synonymy under P. myrmicoides. Photomorphus impar is considered the senior synonym of Mutilla parvula Blake, P. johnsoni Viereck, and P. johnsoni var. argentipilis Schuster, new synonyms.

Notes on Acanthoderini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) described by Ernst Fuchs, now in the Herbert Schmid Collection, Vienna, Austria

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1365 (1) ◽  
pp. 37 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARCELA L. MONNÉ ◽  
MIGUEL A. MONNÉ
Keyword(s):  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Type Material ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
Private Collection

A study of the species of the tribe Acanthoderini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) described by Ernst Fuchs and deposited in the Herbert Schmid private collection is presented. Four new synonyms are established: Acanthoderes (Psapharochrus) curvistriatus Tippmann, 1960 = Acanthoderes (Psapharochrus) griseofasciata Fuchs, 1958; Acanthoderes (Psapharochrus) minuta Fuchs, 1958 = Idiomerus difficilis Melzer, 1934; Acanthoderes (Psapharochrus) sexmaculatus Fuchs, 1961 = Acanthoderes schmithi Melzer, 1935; and Sorelia cervina Lane, 1965 = Oreodera ferruginea Fuchs, 1964. Two new combinations are proposed: Oreodera hassenteufeli (Fuchs, 1958) from Acanthoderes (Pasapharochrus) and Sorelia ferruginea (Fuchs, 1964) from Oreodera. Acanthoderes (Psapharochrus) virescens Fuchs, 1962 is transferred to the subgenus Scythropopsis Thomson, 1864. Notes on the type-material and the geographical distribution are added for each species.

A revision of unrevised taxon names in the former genus Taxilejeunea (Marchantiophyta: Lejeuneaceae) from Asia

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 358 (1) ◽  
pp. 26 ◽  
Author(s):  
GAIK EE LEE ◽  
JULIA BECHTELER ◽  
JOCHEN HEINRICHS
Keyword(s):  
New Synonyms ◽  
The Status ◽  
New Varieties

Recent molecular work has shown that the genus Taxilejeunea is a synonym of Lejeunea. This study deals with the status of unrevised taxon names in Taxilejeunea from Asia. Six species are transferred to Lejeunea (L. compressiuscula, L. javanensis, L. koordersii, L. giulianettii, L. splendida, L. tjibodensis) and two new varieties, L. discreta var. gracilipes, L. pulchriflora var. nymannii, are described. Seven new synonyms are proposed: Taxilejeunea cuspidata Steph. ex Schiffn. [= L. stevensiana (Steph.) Mizut.], T. deflexa Steph. [= L. microloba Taylor], T. laxiretis (Steph.) Eifrig [= L. sordida (Nees) Nees], T. longirostris Herzog [= L. mizutanii Grolle], T. obtusistipula Steph. [= L. albescens (Steph.) Mizut.], T. stephanii Eifrig [= L. discreta Lindenb.] and T. umbilicata f. brevirostris Eifrig [= L. umbilicata (Nees) Nees].

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