scholarly journals Review of type specimens of lizards (Sauria: Lacertidae) described by Georgy Fedorovich Sukhov

2020 ◽  
Vol 324 (4) ◽  
pp. 506-524
Author(s):  
I.V. Doronin ◽  
M.A. Doronina
Keyword(s):  
Type Locality ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
International Code ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Current Location ◽  
History Of ◽  
Lacerta Agilis

The paper provides data on the current location of the type specimens of lacertid lizard's taxa described by herpetologist Georgy F. Sukhov (1899–1942), as at July 1, 2020: Lacerta agilis tauridica Suchow, 1927 (lectotype [here designated] — ZISP No 12620, paralectotypes — ZISP No 3226, 3235, 3238, 3856, 10366в, 12230, 12231, 12520, 12619, 14110, NMNH No 2152 (14599–14600), 2163 (14621–14622), 2172 (14705–14712), 2184 (14772–14773), 2184 (14774–14777), 2188 (14872–14893), 2279 (15983–16037), 2279 (16038–16074), 2518 (16621)), Lacerta boemica Suchow, 1929 (lectotype [here designated] — ZISP No 30363, paralectotypes — ZISP No 16210, 30358-30362, 30364-30398.1, NHM No 1960.1.4.26–30, 1965.337–342, NMNO no No), Apathya cappadocica urmiana Lantz et Suchow, 1934 (holotype — ZISP No 12657b, paratypes — ZISP No 11444, 12657а, с, 12658), Lacerta princeps kurdistanica Suchow, 1936 (holotype — ZISP No 11441.1, paratypes — ZISP No 11440, 11441.2–4, 11442, 11443). According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (4th edition), the name Lacerta agilis caucasica Suchow, 1927 should be considered as a junior primary homonym of Lacerta caucasica Méhely, 1909, and the designation of the neotype of L. a. tauridica by Kalyabina-Hauf et al. must be rejected. The history of description of taxa as well as a list of Sukhov’s publications (12 articles published in 1927–1948) are given. Localities, collector’s names and dates of capture of the type specimens are clarified. Anderson and Šmíd et al. indicated that Eiselt restricted the type locality of L. princeps kurdistanica; this is not true.

Solving a nomenclatural conundrum: Cernosvitovia crainensis (Mršić, 1989) and Aporrectodea macvensis Šapkarev in Mršić, 1991 (Lumbricidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4496 (1) ◽  
pp. 156
Author(s):  
DAVID NICOLSON ◽  
CSABA CSUZDI
Keyword(s):  
Species Group ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
International Code ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
History Of

This contribution deals with the names and authorship of two lumbricid taxa endemic to the Balkans (see Stojanović et al., this volume). Although their validity has never been questioned, it has been unclear up to now which publication has made these two species-group names available according to the rules of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (Articles in "the Code," ICZN 1999). In the following, we review the somewhat intricate history of these names and explain why the correct citation and spelling of these names are "Cernosvitovia crainensis (Mršić, 1989)" and "Aporrectodea macvensis Šapkarev in Mršić, 1991," respectively. 

The valid scientific names of the barred grass snake and its subspecies from mainland Italy and Sicily

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 553-558
Author(s):  
Uwe Fritz ◽  
Edoardo Razzetti ◽  
Josef Friedrich Schmidtler
Keyword(s):  
Type Locality ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
International Code ◽  
Junior Secondary ◽  
Grass Snake

Abstract To stabilize current nomenclature, Coluber helveticus Lacepède, 1789 and Coluber siculus Cuvier, 1829 are qualified as nomina protecta to ensure the usage of the established names Natrix helvetica (Lacepède, 1789) and Natrix helvetica sicula (Cuvier, 1829) for the barred grass snake. For the same reason, Coluber bipes Gmelin, 1789, Coluber tyrolensis Gmelin, 1789 and Coluber scopolianus Daudin, 1803, all with type locality Dolomiti di Fiemme (Italy), are declared as nomina oblita according to Article 23.9 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (1999). Coluber helveticus Lacepède, 1789 was originally introduced as a replacement name for Coluber vulgaris Razoumowsky, 1789 (type locality: Jorat, Switzerland). However, the latter name becomes a junior secondary homonym of Natrix vulgaris Laurenti, 1768 when transferred to the genus Natrix and thus, according to Articles 57 and 59 of the Code, invalid and does not threaten the usage of Natrix helvetica for the barred grass snake.

On the type selection and re-typification of two monitor lizard taxa (Squamata: Varanidae): Monitor bivittatus celebensis Schlegel, 1844 and Monitor kordensis Meyer, 1874; with some comments and corrections on other name-bearing type specimens

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2440 (1) ◽  
pp. 60 ◽  
Author(s):  
WOLFGANG BÖHME ◽  
ANDRÉ KOCH
Keyword(s):  
Type Material ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
International Code ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Type Selection ◽  
Monitor Lizard ◽  
The Status ◽  
Monitor Lizards

We comment on a recently published checklist of the extant monitor lizards (Varanidae) by De Lisle (2009) which aimed also to give the repositories and catalogue numbers of name-bearing type specimens. In two out of 28 cases (i.e., Monitor bivittatus celebensis Schlegel, 1844 and Monitor kordensis Meyer, 1874) where the onomatophores could not be traced, he decided to designate a lectotype and a neotype, respectively, which, however, was not in accordance with the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN). Therefore, we regard these designations as invalid and discuss and clarify the status of further type material listed by De Lisle (2009).  Moreover, we make some additional corrections in his list.

scholarly journals Review of Type Specimens of the Meadow Lizards Darevskia (praticola) Complex (Sauria: Lacertidae)

2016 ◽  
Vol 320 (2) ◽  
pp. 158-175
Author(s):  
I.V. Doronin
Keyword(s):  
Type Specimens ◽  
Current Location ◽  
History Of ◽  
Lacerta Vivipara

The paper provides data on the current location of the type specimens of Darevskia (praticola) complex as of March 2016: Lacerta praticola Eversmann, 1834 (storage holotype place (on monotype) is unknown), Lacerta vivipara stenolepis Nikolsky, 1911 (holotype for monotypes – ZISP 7203, location unknown), Lacerta praticola pontica Lantz et Cyren, 1918 (lectotype – ZISP 22853, paralectotypes – ZISP 5279, 5280, 22847, 22852.1-2, 22854), Lacerta praticola hungarica Sobolewsky, 1930 (location lectotype and paralectotypes ZISP 9814 unknown, paralectotypes – ZMMU R 2538), Lacerta plicata Bartenef et Reznikova, 1931 (holotype (on monotypes) – ZISP 15204), Darevskia praticola hyrcanica Tuniyev, Doronin, Kidov et Tuniyev, 2011 (holotype – SNP 1473.5, paratypes – SNP 1473.0-19, ZISP 12301, 12630, 12632-12635), Darevskia praticola loriensis Tuniyev, Doronin, Tuniyev, Aghasyan, Kidov et Aghasyan, 2013 (holotype – SNP 1568.9, paratypes – SNP 1569.1-19, ZISP 17075). The history of description of all known forms of the complex is given. L. praticola pontica has been described in 1918, not in 1919.

scholarly journals Primary Insect Types in the Illinois Natural History Survey Collection, Exclusive of the Collembola and Thysanoptera

1980 ◽  
Vol 32 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 55-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald W. Webb
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
Systematic Research ◽  
International Code ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
University Of Illinois ◽  
The Past ◽  
Illinois Natural History Survey ◽  
History Survey ◽  
The University

In 1927 T. H. Frison published a list of all the insect types in the collections of the Illinois Natural History Survey and the University of Illinois and the Bolter collection. This list contained 1,067 primary types. Type-specimens in the University of Illinois have subsequently been transferred to the collection of the Illinois Natural History Survey. In the past 50 years 2,113 primary types have been added to the Survey's collection, primarily through the systematic research of T. H. Frison in Plecoptera and Hymenoptera; H. H. Ross in Trichoptera, Plecoptera, Homoptera, and Hymenoptera; H. B. Mills in Collembola; and L. J. Stannard, Jr., in Thysanoptera. The acquisitions of the personal collections of J. W. Folsom in Collembola and C. A. Robertson in Hymenoptera added numerous primary types to the Survey's collections. In addition, several active workers have periodically, or occasionally, deposited their types in the Survey's permanent collection upon completion of specific revisionary studies. Recently, Gerdes (1977) and Mari Mutt (1978) have published lists of all of the types of Thysanoptera and Collembola, respectively, in the Natural History Survey collection. In this list only primary types currently located in or on loan from the Illinois Natural History Survey collection are listed along with the original citation for each species. The literature citation for the designation of ach neotype and lectotype is also cited. To clarify the type designation within the bees of the Robertson collection, lectotype specimens have been designated by W. E. LaBerge for those species not previously designated in the literature. The genera under which the species are listed are those under which they were originally described. Where possible the sex of each type is given. The term syntype is used in the sense of Article 73c of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (1964) and replaces the term cotype used by Frison (1927). For simplicity, the within each order alphabetically, the genera are arranged alphabetically within each family, and the species are arranged alphabetically within each genus.

Six new genera of the subtribe Thioniina (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Issidae) based on type material of L. Melichar and E. Schmidt in the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin

2020 ◽  
Vol 324 (2) ◽  
pp. 221-241
Author(s):  
V.M. Gnezdilov
Keyword(s):  
New Record ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
Early 20Th Century ◽  
International Code ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
The Family ◽  
One New Species

Six new genera are erected in the subtribe Thioniina of the tribe Issini to accommodate seven American species of the family Issidae, six of which were described by L. Melichar and E. Schmidt in early 20th century from Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico, and Peru, and one new species is described from Paraguay as follows: Carimeta gen. nov. (type species: Carimeta maculipennis sp. nov.); Metopasius gen. nov. (type species: Thionia proxima Melichar, 1906); Cophteroma gen. nov. (type species: Thionia truncatella Melichar, 1906); Cyclometa gen. nov. (type species: Thionia bifasciatifrons Melichar, 1906); Memusta gen. nov. (type species: Thionia obtusa Melichar, 1906); Thiopara gen. nov. (type species: Thionia fusca Melichar, 1906). Thionia sinuata Schmidt, 1910 is transferred to the genus Carimeta gen. nov. Six new combinations are formed: Carimeta sinuata (Schmidt, 1910), comb. nov.; Metopasius proximus (Melichar, 1906), comb. nov.; Cophteroma truncatella (Melichar, 1906), comb. nov.; Cyclometa bifasciatifrons (Melichar, 1906), comb. nov.; Memusta obtusa (Melichar, 1906), comb. nov.; Thiopara fusca (Melichar, 1906), comb. nov. The lectotypes are designated for Thionia fusca Melichar, T. proxima Melichar, and T. sinuata Schmidt to stabilize the nomenclature in the studied group according to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. New record for Cyclometa bifasciatifrons from Brasil is provided. Photographs of the type specimens with original labels including Melichar’s and Schmidt’s autographs as well as drawings of all studied species are given.

Neotype of Neofelis diardi (Mammalia: Carnivora: Felidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2110 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
PER CHRISTIANSEN
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
International Code ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Clouded Leopard ◽  
Neofelis Nebulosa

The recent recognition that the clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) is, in fact, two different species, which differ substantially with respects to craniodental and pelage morphology and genome characters, and the confusion about the initial descriptions of this taxon prompt designation of a neotype of Neofelis diardi. In this paper a neotype specimen consisting of a mounted skin, a skull, and a mandible (RMNH1981) is designated, which are housed at the National Museum of Natural History (Naturalis), in Leiden, the Netherlands. The type locality of Neofelis diardi is fixed as Palembang, Sumatra, under Article 76 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, rather than the original and erroneous locality of Java by Cuvier.

A brief history of the generic classification of the Trochilini (Aves: Trochilidae): the chaos of the past and problems to be resolved

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4269 (3) ◽  
pp. 396
Author(s):  
F. GARY STILES ◽  
VITOR DE Q. PIACENTINI ◽  
J. V. REMSEN, JR.
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Species Distributions ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
International Code ◽  
Genetic Studies ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Of ◽  
Artistic Quality

The generic classification of the Trochilidae is unusually complicated because early authors, faced with a deluge of specimens with little or no data, often based species and genus names on superficial plumage characters derived from figured plates of varying artistic quality and reproduction. Working independently and with little knowledge of species distributions and with the fixation of type species for genera inconsistent or ignored, these authors produced a bewildering array of generic synonyms. The generic nomenclature of the largest and most recently derived clade of hummingbirds, the tribe Trochilini or “emeralds”, presents an unusually tangled web. Here we review the history of hummingbird generic nomenclature from Linnaeus to the present, giving detailed attention to two generic names that epitomize this confusion: Amazilia (the variety of spellings, supposed type species and circumscriptions makes for an especially complicated tangle) and Leucippus (for which nearly every successive author has advocated a different circumscription). Through application of the International Code for Zoological Nomenclature, this review lays the foundation for a revision of the generic nomenclature of the emeralds to bring it into conformity with recent genetic studies elucidating the phylogeny of this clade.

Rediscovered syntypes of Procrangonyx japonicus, with nomenclatural consideration of some crangonyctoidean subterranean amphipods (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Allocrangonyctidae, Niphargidae, Pseudocrangonyctidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4532 (1) ◽  
pp. 86
Author(s):  
TAKAFUMI NAKANO ◽  
KO TOMIKAWA ◽  
MARK J. GRYGIER
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
Amphipod Species ◽  
Taxonomic Distinctness ◽  
International Code ◽  
Original Publication ◽  
History Of ◽  
University Museum ◽  
Far Eastern

Two missing syntypes of the Japanese subterranean amphipod Procrangonyx japonicus (Uéno, 1930), the type species of Procrangonyx Schellenberg, 1934, were rediscovered in the collections of the Kyoto University Museum. The morphology of uropod 3, which has been considered the principal diagnostic character of the genus, is redescribed on the basis of one of the syntypes, and the nomenclatural history of the generic names Procrangonyx and Eocrangonyx Schellenberg, 1937 (corrected from 1936) for some Far-Eastern subterranean amphipod species is reviewed. Owing to confusion between the terms “type fixation” and “type designation”—the latter being just one means of accomplishing the former—the view that Procrangonyx is unavailable and invalid has prevailed in recent literature. Procrangonyx was indeed proposed after 1930 with no type species “designation”, but under Articles 67.2.1 and 68.3 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, Eucrangonyx japonicus Uéno, 1930 was “fixed” as its type species by monotypy in the original publication. Since a diagnosis of the genus was also provided in the same work, Procrangonyx is available under Article 13.3 of the Code. However, because endopodal segmentation of uropod 3 proves to be variable in P. japonicus, doubt is thrown on the taxonomic distinctness of Procrangonyx vis à vis Pseudocrangonyx Akatsuka & Komai, 1922. Additionally, the publication dates of Allocrangonyx Schellenberg, 1937 and Niphargus foreli speziae Schellenberg, 1937 are corrected from 1936. 

Type specimens of beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) at the museo entomológico Francisco Luís Gallego, Medellín, Colombia

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2017 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-68
Author(s):  
PAULA A. SEPÚLVEDA-CANO ◽  
MANUEL A. RAMÍREZ-MORA
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Liquid Medium ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
International Code ◽  
Immature Stages ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Northeastern Region ◽  
Natural History Collections ◽  
Almost All

Type specimens are the most scientifically valuable specimens of the natural history collections, and are very important to because they represent standards of reference that provide objectivity in scientific nomenclature (IZCN, 1999). In consideration of the recommendation 72F.4 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, which indicates that the type lists should be published, we provide a list of the species of Coleoptera with types housed in the Museo Entomológico Francisco Luis Gallego (MEFLG). The MEFLG collection originated in 1937 at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Medellín is the most important insect collection of the northeastern region of Colombia. This museum contains nearly 200,000 specimens of which about 50,000 represent the order Coleoptera, a majority of them are pinned adults and some are immature stages conserved in a liquid medium. The Coleoptera have been identified to subfamily and genus, and some to species level. Almost all of them were collected in Antioquia state, and others are from different localities in Colombia or are donations by foreign institutions.

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