scholarly journals Raising the Dead: Rediscovery and redescription of some lost spider types (Araneae) described by Eugène Simon

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadine Dupérré ◽  
Danilo Harms
Keyword(s):  
Type Material ◽  
Zoological Museum ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Southern Patagonia ◽  
Nomina Dubia ◽  
The Dead ◽  
First Time

In this paper, we are redescribing type material from the Zoological Museum in Hamburg that was thought to be lost. These specimens were described in 1902 by Eugène Simon from material collected in Southern Patagonia and Fireland but the species were subsequently considered nomina dubia, or simply not considered at all. The rediscovery of this material leads to the revalidation of two genera and four species. The genera Clitistes and Zilephus are reinstated and the species Clitistesvelutinus Simon, 1902 (Dictynidae), Zilephusgranulosus Simon, 1902, Minyriolusaustralis Simon, 1902 (both Linyphiidae), and Lycosamichaelseni Simon, 1902 (Lycosidae) are redescribed. To avoid further confusion, we designate lectotypes for: Linyphiidae: Minyriolusaustralis Simon, 1902, Gongylidiellumuschuaiense Simon, 1902, Nerienefuegiana Simon, 1902, Clitistesvelutinus Simon, 1902, Zilephusgranulosus Simon, 1902; Amphinectidae: Rubriusradulifer Simon, 1902; Hahniidae: Hahniamichaelseni Simon, 1902, Bigoisantarctica Simon, 1902 and Lycosidae: Lycosamichaelseni Simon, 1902. For all prior nomina dubia and newly designated lectotypes, the type specimens are re-described and properly illustrated for the first time.

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).

A redescription of Metopa species (Amphipoda, Stenothoidae) based on the type material. 1. Zoological Museum, Copenhagen (ZMUC)

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2093 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANNE HELENE S. TANDBERG ◽  
WIM VADER
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscope ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscope ◽  
The Other ◽  
Taxonomic Position ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Zoological Museum ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Line Drawings ◽  
New Material ◽  
Scanning Electron

This paper presents redescriptions of amphipods in the genus Metopa (Stenothoidae) in the type-collections of the Zoological Museum of Copenhagen. For Metopa clypeata and M. abyssalis we redescribe the type-specimens, for M. glacialis and M. groenlandica the redescriptions are based on new material and checked against the type-specimens. For all except M. abyssalis a combination of new line drawings and scanning electron microscope (SEM) pictures is provided, for M. abyssalis, line drawings only. A summary of the other species having earlier been designed to Metopa in the Copenhagen collections is given, with a list of their present taxonomic position.

The type material of Mordellidae described by Achille Costa (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4803 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-50
Author(s):  
DÁVID SELNEKOVIČ ◽  
ROBERTA IMPROTA
Keyword(s):  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Complete List ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
New Synonym ◽  
First Time

A complete list of the type material of Mordellidae described by Achille Costa is provided. Mordellistena picipes Costa, 1854 stat. restit. is restored as a valid species and a diagnostic description of the lectotype is given. Natirrica meridionalis Costa, 1854 is proposed as a new synonym of Mordellistena humeralis (Linnaeus, 1758). Lectotypes and paralectotypes are designated for the following taxa: Tomoxia bucephala Costa, 1854; Mordella coronata Costa, 1854 (= Variimorda villosa (Schrank, 1781)); M. interrupta Costa, 1854 (= Variimorda villosa (Schrank, 1781)); M. brevicauda Costa, 1854 (= M. brachyura Mulsant, 1856); M. perspicillata Costa, 1854 (= Mediimorda bipunctata Germar, 1827); M. viridescens Costa, 1859; Variimorda basalis (Costa, 1854); Mordellistena stricta Costa, 1854 (= M. pumila (Gyllenhal, 1810)); M. picipes Costa, 1854; M. confinis Costa, 1854; M. minima Costa, 1854; Natirrica meridionalis Costa, 1854 (= Mordellistena humeralis (Linnaeus, 1758)). The male genitalia of the Variimorda basalis lectotype are illustrated here for the first time. Photographs of the labels are provided for the type specimens. 

scholarly journals Taxonomic changes resulting from a review of the types of Australian Anoplognathini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) housed in Swedish natural history collections

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4908 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-238
Author(s):  
MATTHIAS SEIDEL ◽  
CHRIS A.M. REID
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
The Other ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Natural History Collections ◽  
New Synonym ◽  
Senior Synonym ◽  
Taxonomic Changes ◽  
First Time ◽  
Total Type

The type material of Australian Anoplognathini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) housed in Swedish natural history collections is reviewed, concerning three genera: Anoplognathus Leach, 1815, Amblyterus MacLeay, 1819, and Repsimus MacLeay, 1819. The species were described by G.J. Billberg, J.W. Dalman, L. Gyllenhal, C.J. Schönherr, O. Swartz, and C.P. Thunberg. The contemporary type material of W.S. MacLeay in the Macleay Museum, Sydney, is also examined as it has been overlooked by previous researchers. In total, type specimens for 12 species described between 1817 and 1822 were found in the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet in Stockholm the Evolutionsmuseet in Uppsala and the Macleay Museum. Five of these species are valid: Anoplognathus brunnipennis, (Gyllenhal, 1817); A. olivieri (Schönherr & Dalman, 1817); A. porosus (Dalman, 1817); Amblyterus cicatricosus (Gyllenhal, 1817); and Repsimus manicatus (Swartz, 1817). The other seven species are junior synonyms, as follows (senior synonym first): A. brunnipennis = Rutela chloropyga Thunberg, 1822 (new synonym); A. olivieri = Rutela lacunosa Thunberg, 1822 (new synonym); A. viridiaeneus (Donovan, 1805) = A. latreillei (Schönherr & Gyllenhal, 1817); A. viriditarsus Leach, 1815 = Rutela analis Dalman, 1817; and R. manicatus = Anoplognathus brownii W.J. MacLeay, 1819 = A. dytiscoides W. J. MacLeay, 1819 = Rutela ruficollis Thunberg, 1822 (new synonym). Authorship of A. latreillei and A. olivieri is corrected, as noted above. Anoplognathus brunnipennis has been misidentified for the last 60 years at least, leading to the synonymy noted above. Anoplognathus flavipennis Boisduval, 1835 (revised status), is reinstated as the oldest available name for the misidentified A. brunnipennis and the types of A. flavipennis in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, are illustrated. Lectotypes are designated for: Anoplognathus brownii, A. flavipennis, A. dytiscoides, Melolontha cicatricosa, Rutela analis, R. brunnipennis, R. lacunosa, R. latreillei, R. manicata, R. olivieri, R. porosa, R. ruficollis, and R. chloropyga. Photographs of all type specimens examined are presented for the first time. 

scholarly journals Upper Tithonian Himalayitidae Spath, 1925 (Perisphinctoidea, Ammonitina) from Le Chouet (Drôme, France): implications for the systematics

2015 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camille Frau ◽  
Luc G. Bulot ◽  
William A.P. Wimbledon
Keyword(s):  
Great Majority ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Generic Status ◽  
The Family ◽  
Variable Species ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
First Time

Abstract This contribution focuses on the late Tithonian ammonite faunas belonging to the Family Himalayitidae Spath in the key-section of Le Chouet (Drôme, France). The great majority of specimens from the Mediterranean Tethys, previously referred to Durangites Burckhardt, are now interpreted as juveniles and/or microconchs of the highly variable species Protacanthodiscus andreaei (Kilian). Moreover, comparison between specimens from France, Spain and Bulgaria formerly assigned to Durangites astillerensis Imlay and the type material of this species, supports the introduction of Boughdiriella chouetensis gen. nov. et sp. nov. Further, the revision of the type specimens of D. astillerensis and Durangites of the D. vulgaris group shows that the former species deserves a new generic status, for which Parrasiella gen. nov. is erected. Toucasiella, previously only known from Spain and Tunisia, is also reported for the first time from south east France. The revision of the “Mediterranean Durangites” supports the rejection of a Durangites spp. Zone as part of the standard zonation for the upper Tithonian, and its replacement by the P. andreaei Zone ( = D. vulgaris Zone sensu Sarti, 1988).

Mammal type specimens in the Macleay Collections, University of Sydney

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4975 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-252
Author(s):  
HARRY PARNABY ◽  
ANTHONY C. GILL
Keyword(s):  
Type Material ◽  
Nomen Nudum ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Australian Museum ◽  
As Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
Flying Fox ◽  
Individual Accounts

Type material of 12 mammal taxa originally proposed as species or subspecies are housed in the former Macleay Museum (now Macleay Collections, Chau Chak Wing Museum), University of Sydney and consist of seven holotypes and 12 syntypes. These were published from 1875 to 1887, five by N.N. Miklouho-Maclay and seven by E.P. Ramsay, of which six are currently considered valid taxa. Six type specimens are identified in the Collection for the first time. This includes rediscovery of the holotype skull of the New Guinean forest wallaby Dorcopsis chalmersii Miklouho-Maclay not reported since its description in 1884, a likely syntype of the bandicoot Perameles macroura torosa Ramsay, and three additional syntypes of the flying fox Pteropus (Epomops?) epularius Ramsay. The holotype of the dasyurid Antechinus (Podabrus) froggatti Ramsay, housed at the Australian Museum since before 1959, is also discussed. Limited specimen data currently prevents validation of an additional six specimens identified here as suspected syntypes of four further names: the macropodoids Halmaturus mastersii Krefft, Halmaturus crassipes Ramsay and Hypsiprymnodon moschatus Ramsay, and the bandicoot Perameles moresbyensis Ramsay. Individual accounts are given for a total of 21 proposed names. Type material of four of these remain unlocated in world collections and it is not known if they were ever in the Macleay Collections: the bandicoot Brachymelis garagassi Miklouho-Maclay, 1884; the wallaby Macropus tibol Miklouho-Maclay, 1885; the cuscus Cuscus chrysorrhous var. goldiei Ramsay and the giant rat Hapalotis papuanus Ramsay. The nomenclatural status of the possum Phalangista pinnata Ramsay, 1877, a possible nomen nudum, is also discussed. No nomenclatural actions are taken in this paper. 

Lower and Middle Ordovician Lithistid Demosponges from the Mingan Islands, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec, Canada

1995 ◽  
Vol 69 (S41) ◽  
pp. 1-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Keith Rigby ◽  
Andre Desrochers
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Middle Ordovician ◽  
First Time ◽  
Original Type

New collections, as well as original type material, of Lower and Middle Ordovician sponges from the Mingan Island Archipelago are described and figured from the Mingan and Romaine Formations. Archaeoscyphia minganensis (Billings, 1859), Hudsonospongia minganensis Raymond and Okulitch, 1940, H. irregularis Raymond and Okulitch, 1940, H. duplicata Raymond and Okulitch, 1940, Zittelella varians (Billings, 1861a), and Eospongia roemeri Billings, 1861, are redescribed from original type specimens and new collections. The species Archaeoscyphia pulchra (Bassler, 1927), Rhopalocoelia clarkii Raymond and Okulitch, 1940, Psarodictyum magnificum Raymond and Okulitch, 1940, and Lissocoelia ramosa Bassler, 1927 are reported and described from the Mingan Islands for the first time. To these sponges are added the new species Anthaspidella amplia, Archaeoscyphia undulata, Hudsonospongia nodosa, and Zittelella grossa, which are described from type specimens from the Mingan Formation.The assemblage from 12 localities from the Mingan Formation, and one from the Romaine Formation, represents one of the most diverse demosponge faunas from eastern North America. Sponges in most of the localities accumulated as transported debris or lag gravels, but locally, some grew in small reefoidal mounds and also accumulated as adjacent debris.

New species of Neocorynura Schrottky from Brazil (Hymenoptera: Apoidea)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4542 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
RODRIGO BARBOSA GONÇALVES
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Identification Keys ◽  
Faunal List ◽  
Primary Type ◽  
First Time

Neocorynura Schrottky is one of the most speciose genera in the Augochlorini with about 80 species. Neocorynura is primarily distributed in the Neotropical region, from Argentina to Mexico. New species have been described recently, but the Brazilian fauna has not been studied at the same rate. Thus, the objective of this study is to provide a revision of Neocorynura species from Brazil. More than 2,500 specimens were studied along with the examination of primary type specimens and/or high resolution photographs of type material. A total of 44 species were recognized, 24 new species are added to the fauna and figured as N. acuta sp.nov., N. aethra sp.nov., N. amabilis sp.nov., N. arethusa sp.nov., N. aurantia sp.nov., N. carmenta sp.nov., N. dictyata sp.nov., N. eliasi sp.nov., N. hebe sp.nov., N. hyalina sp.nov., N. insolita sp.nov., N. laevistriata sp.nov., N. lamellata sp.nov., N. meloi sp.nov., N. nambikwara sp.nov., N nicolle sp.nov., N. olivacea sp.nov., N perfida sp.nov., N. pilosifacies sp.nov., N. proserpina sp.nov., N. rubicunda sp.nov., N. surrufa sp.nov., N. truncata sp.nov., and N. veneta sp.nov. I designate the lectotype for Corynura oiospermi Schrottky and consider this name as a junior synonym of Halictus codion Vachal. Augochloropsis celaeno Schrottky is considered a junior synonym of Corynura pseudobaccha Cockerell. Casosoma semimarginata Cockerell is resurrected from synonymy with Cacosoma aenigma Gribodo. Neocorynura aenigma (Gribodo) and Neocorynura caligans (Vachal) are removed from the faunal list for Brazil. Half of species recognized here are known only for the female. The males of N. atromarginata (Cockerell), N. cuprifrons (Smith), N. dilutipes (Vachal), N. erinnys (Schrottky), N. melamptera (Moure), N. roxane (Schrottky) and N. semimarginata (Cockerell) and females of N. iopodion (Vachal) and N. jucunda (Smith) are described for the first time. Identification keys to females and males are presented. 

scholarly journals Identification of type materials of the species of Protypotherium Ameghino, 1885 and Patriarchus Ameghino, 1889 (Notoungulata: Interatheriidae) erected by Florentino Ameghino

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4387 (3) ◽  
pp. 473 ◽  
Author(s):  
MERCEDES FERNÁNDEZ ◽  
JUAN CARLOS FERNICOLA ◽  
ESPERANZA CERDEÑO ◽  
MARCELO A. REGUERO
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Study ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Zoological Museum ◽  
Complex Task ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Collection Number ◽  
The University ◽  
Respective Species ◽  
Eleven Species

The first collections of Interatheriinae (Interatheriidae, Notoungulata) were created by the brothers Florentino and Carlos Ameghino, based on fossil specimens collected from diverse outcrops of Argentina and housed at different national institutions. In order to perform a systematic study of the subfamily, it is essential to revise as much specimens as possible, but first of all those that were used to establish the respective species, that is, the type material. Florentino Ameghino never referred to the collection number of the type specimens of the species he erected in any of his publications; this fact added to the occasional absence of illustrations and adequate descriptions, all of which make their identification a complex task. Thus, when studying the species erected by Florentino Ameghino within Protypotherium and Patriarchus, we recognised a lack of correspondence between some specimens that appeared labelled as types in the collections and the original descriptions of these species. In this contribution, we identify the type specimens of the eleven species of Protypotherium and eight of Patriarchus founded by Florentino Ameghino, housed in the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia” (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and the Zoological Museum of the University of Copenhagen (Denmark). Three case studies are presented: a) specimens correctly identified; b) specimens erroneously catalogued as type material; and c) specimens not established as types in Ameghino’s catalogue, but herein recognised as such. Lectotype and paralectotype of P. antiquum are herein designated. 

scholarly journals An illustrated catalogue of the type specimens of Lepidoptera housed in the Zoological Museum Hamburg (ZMH): Part II. superfamily Papilionoidea

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-261
Author(s):  
Reza Zahiri ◽  
Vazrick Nazari ◽  
Hossein Rajaei ◽  
Martin Wiemers ◽  
Maryam Fatahi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Type Material ◽  
Zoological Museum ◽  
Type Specimens

We provide an updated catalogue of the type material of the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea deposited in the Zoological Museum of Hamburg (ZMH). We report 414 specimens labelled as “types” belonging to nine species (all of valid names), 74 subspecies (44 valid names and 30 synonyms), 59 invalid infrasubspecific names under the ICZN code, and 23 specimens of 16 “in litteris” (= unavailable) names. Out of the 414 specimens labelled as “types”, 171 specimens are primary types (8 holotypes/lectotypes and 163 syntypes) and 80 are secondary types; 120 specimens are infrasubspecific and hence invalid and are considered as “original specimens”; and 43 specimens are treated here as “Non-type” specimens (topotype). We present a full bibliography of the original descriptions and illustrations for all of these taxa, aiming to provide a comprehensive taxonomic guide to this collection.

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