scholarly journals New circumscriptions add two northern Andean species to Kohleria (Gesneriaceae)

PhytoKeys ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 179 ◽  
pp. 99-110
Author(s):  
John L. Clark ◽  
Lou Jost
Keyword(s):  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Northern Andes

Recent studies of type specimens and exploratory research expeditions in the northern Andes have resulted in an updated circumscription and recognition for two species of Kohleria (Gesneriaceae) in Ecuador and Colombia. A change in the rank from a variety to species is recognized for Kohleria anisophylla (Fritsch) Wiehler. The combination Kohleria andina (Fritsch) J.L. Clark & Jost, comb. nov. is provided here and a lectotype is designated. The updated circumscriptions of these two species are supported by morphology and geographic distribution. The presence of an epiphytic habit for Kohleria is discussed. Field images based on recent expeditions are provided to support the circumscriptions presented here.

Orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2041 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDRÉ NEMÉSIO
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Orchid Bees ◽  
Domain Identification ◽  
Orchid Bee ◽  
The Status

A detailed synopsis of all the orchid-bee species known to occur in the Atlantic Forest Domain, eastern Brazil, is provided, including synonymy, complete type data, diagnoses, relevant data on biology and geographic distribution (with detailed localities of known occurrence of each species), colorful illustrations of onomatophores (“name-bearing type specimens”), and a list with the main references dealing with each species. Fifty-four species are recognized to occur in the Atlantic Forest Domain. Identification keys are presented for each genus and their species occurring in the Atlantic Forest. Euglossa carinilabris Dressler, 1982, Euglossa cyanaspis Moure, 1968, Eulaema (Eulaema) niveofasciata (Friese, 1899) and Exaerete lepeletieri Oliveira & Nemésio, 2003, considered junior synonyms of other species by different authors, are reinstated as valid species. A full discussion on the status of the four orchid-bee species described by Linnaeus is presented, as well as colorful illustrations of the four onomatophores. The two existing onomatophores of orchid bee species described by Fabricius are also illustrated and his Apis cingulata has been shown to be the species recently described as Eulaema (Apeulaema) pseudocingulata Oliveira, 2006, which, thus, becomes a junior synonym (syn. n.). Euglossa aratingae sp. n., Euglossa carolina sp. n., Euglossa nanomelanotricha sp. n., Euglossa roderici sp. n., Euglossa roubiki sp. n., Eulaema (Eulaema) atleticana sp. n., and Eulaema (Apeulaema) marcii sp. n. are described as new species. Neotypes are designated for Eufriesea violacea (Blanchard, 1840) and Exaerete frontalis (Guérin-Méneville, 1844). Some corrections concerning the repository institutions of some onomatophores of orchid bees were also made: Eufriesea auriceps (Friese, 1899) holotype has been listed as belonging to the US National Museum (Washington) or to the American Museum of Natural History (New York) but, in fact, it belongs to the Zoologisches Museum der Humboldt Universität (Berlin); the lectotype of Eufriesea aeneiventris (Mocsáry, 1896) has been listed as belonging to the Istituto e Museo di Zoologia, Universita di Torino (Turin), but it actually belongs to the Hungarian Museum of Natural History (Budapest). Publication dates of both Exaerete frontalis Guérin-Méneville and Exaerete smaragdina Guérin-Méneville have been listed as 1845 but, in fact, the actual date is 1844. Based on the known geographic distribution and abundance of each species in orchid-bee inventories, IUCN criteria were applied and three species are recommended to be included in future lists of threatened species in one of the IUCN categories of risk: Eufriesea brasilianorum (Friese, 1899) and Euglossa cognata Moure, 1970 are suggested to be listed as “vulnerable”, and Euglossa cyanocholora Moure, 1996 is suggested to be listed as “endangered”. A fully annotated check list of all known orchid bee species is also presented as an Appendix.

A checklist of the moray eels of the world (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Muraenidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3474 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID G. SMITH
Keyword(s):  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Incertae Sedis ◽  
The World ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Primary Type

A checklist of the currently recognized species of moray eels (Muraenidae) is presented. One hundred ninety seven speciesare considered to be valid, in 15 genera, and two subfamilies. The account for each valid species contains bibliographicinformation for that species and all synonyms, including primary type specimens and type locality. Also given for eachspecies is the number of vertebrae, the mean vertebral formula (MVF), the general geographic distribution, and any ex-planatory remarks that may be needed. A list of nominal genera and species is given, with the current status of each. Separate lists are provided for names that cannot be assigned to known species (incertae sedis) and those that are unavailable.

scholarly journals ON THE BIODIVERSITY OF PSEUDOSCORPIONS IN CROATIA: NEOBISIUM CURCICI (PSEUDOSCORPIONES: NEOBISIIDAE), A NEW CAVE-DWELLING SPECIES FROM DALMATIA (CROATIA)

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 259-265
Author(s):  
Rajko N. Dimitrijević ◽  
Tonći Rađa
Keyword(s):  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Diagnostic Features

The thorough analysis of a pseudoscorpion sample collected in the Jama pod Gažnovcem Pit, Stilja, near Vrgorac, Dalmatia (Croatia) resulted in establishing a new pseudoscorpion taxon – Neobisium curcici n. sp. The main diagnostic features of the type specimens studied are illustrated, carefully analysed and compared to the closest congeners. The taxonomic interrelationships and the geographic distribution of the new pseudoscorpion species are briefly discussed.

A catalog of Stratiomyidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from Chile, with a new synonym and notes on the species

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5004 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-57
Author(s):  
DIEGO AGUILAR FACHIN ◽  
CHRISTIAN R. GONZÁLEZ ◽  
MARIO ELGUETA ◽  
MARTIN HAUSER
Keyword(s):  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Page Number ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
New Synonym ◽  
Collection Data ◽  
Biological Literature ◽  
Locality Information

A list of all 24 genera and 73 species of Stratiomyidae from Chile is provided, along with all their synonyms and photos of the type specimens of 20 species (including 12 primary types). Only one species is assigned to morphospecies level. All references known to us from the taxonomic and biological literature, including information about name, author, year of publication, page number, type specimens, type locality, and references are given. The geographic distribution of each species is given based on bibliographic and collection data. Three species are removed from the Chilean fauna: Nemotelus tenuivena James, 1974 is only known from the type locality in Argentina; Promeranisa nasuta (Macquart, 1850), which has its type locality corrected to Bolivia, Chiquitos Province; and Ptecticus pomaceus Loew, 1855, referred to Chile due to a locality information error, is a junior synonym of P. trivittatus Say, 1829, syn. nov.

Kiwisaldula (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Saldidae) from the South Island of New Zealand: new species and identification key

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4514 (2) ◽  
pp. 167 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARIE-CLAUDE LARIVIÈRE ◽  
ANDRÉ LAROCHELLE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
External Morphology ◽  
The South ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Diagnostic Features

Kiwisaldula cranshawi new species, K. januszkiewiczi new species, K. ryani new species, and K. yangae new species are described from the South Island of New Zealand. Morphological descriptions are provided together with illustrations emphasising the most important diagnostic features of external morphology and male genitalia. Information is given on synonymy, type specimens, material examined, geographic distribution and biology. 

scholarly journals Morphology and taxonomy of Southern Australian Genera of Crouanieae Schmitz (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta)

1968 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 217 ◽  
Author(s):  
EM Wollaston
Keyword(s):  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Taxonomic Significance ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Primitive Groups ◽  
Logical Approach ◽  
Australian Species ◽  
Evolutionary Line ◽  
Definition Of

The southern Australian species of the tribe Crouanieae Schmitz (Ceramiaceae. Rhodophyta) have been studied with particular reference to their taxonomy relationships. and phylogeny; in all cases the type specimens have been examined. Three tribes. Crouanieae. Antithamnieae. and Heterothamnieae. can be recognized. including 16 genera. of which Euptilocladia. Macrothamnion. Tetuathamnion. Amoenothamnion. and Trithamnion are newly described and 48 species (26 newly described) . Recognition of the subfamilies Crouanioideae and Ceramioideae. as defined by Hommersand (1963). is not supported by these studies .Features of greatest taxonomic significance are those indicative also of phylogenetic trends and hence the classification is based upon concepts of phylogeny. Evolutionary advance in both morphological and reproductive features involves specialization, particularly towards adaptations in form with relation to function. The Crouanieae, Antithamnieae, and Heterotharnnieae are probably primitive groups of the Ceramiaceae. The Antithamnieae and Heterothamnieae are closely related and probably arose from the same evolutionary line, while Crouanieae has evolved independently. Thalli in the Heterothamnieae are smaller and less specialized than those of the most advanced species of Antithamnieae, and it is likely that the Heterothamnieae arose as a branch from the Antithamnieae line of development through specialization in reproductive features rather than thallus form. Both morphological and reproductive features are discussed and it is shown that Hommersand's definition of Antithamnieae must be modified, particularly in reference to procarp development. The probable phylogenetic lines revealed form useful bases for comparisons and provide a logical approach to the taxonomy of the group. Taxonomic features used in classification and reasons for the terminology adopted are also discussed. Analyses of records indicating the geographic distribution of species within southern Australia provide few useful conclusions.

scholarly journals A solution to the enigma of the type locality of Telmatobius halli Noble, 1938 (Anura, Telmatobiidae), a frog lost for 86 years

ZooKeys ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1060 ◽  
pp. 183-192
Author(s):  
Claudio Correa
Keyword(s):  
High Altitude ◽  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Northern Chile ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Warm Spring ◽  
True Type

For 80 years, there were no sightings of the Andean frog, Telmatobius halli, due to the ambiguity with which its type locality was described (“warm spring near Ollagüe”, northern Chile). The type specimens were collected during the International High Altitude Expedition to Chile (IHAEC) in 1935 and were subsequently described in 1938. In 2018 and 2020, two studies independently reported the rediscovery of the species, but they reached different conclusions about its identity and geographic distribution. In fact, the populations identified as T. halli in those studies are more phylogenetically related to other species than to each other, so they clearly do not belong to the same taxon. Although the study of 2020 is more in line with the geographic information of the description, it does not consider some bibliographic details and the transport limitations of the IHAEC. Here, based on a detailed analysis of the chronicles of the IHAEC and other bibliographic sources, I first refute the proposals of the 2018 and 2020 studies and then provide a possible solution. The combined information from the chronicles indicates that the type locality of T. halli is found at the sources of the Loa River, a different place from those identified in the two previous studies. By also incorporating geographic information of the time, I conclude that its true type locality is Miño, an abandoned mining camp located near the origin of the Loa River, where currently no populations of the genus have been described.

“Species imperfecte cognita”—enlightening Paepalanthus cordatus (Eriocaulaceae): nomenclatural and taxonomic notes on an endangered species from central Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 527 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-150
Author(s):  
MARCELO TROVÓ
Keyword(s):  
Endangered Species ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Species Distribution ◽  
Additional Data ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Full Description ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Central Brazil ◽  
First Time

Paepalanthus cordatus is an endangered species described from a single collection which lacks fully developed inflorescences and flowers. Despite the absence of these characters, the species was unambiguously placed in P. sect. Diphyomene, one of the few groups of Paepalanthus with dimerous flowers and which is mainly distributed in central Brazil. In this manuscript, I provide a full description of the species, detailing and illustrating the fully developed inflorescences and flowers for the first time. The spherical umbel-shaped inflorescence is composed of sets of capitula bearing dimerous flowers; the pistillate flowers have dolabriform sepals and bifid stigmatic branches; the staminate ones have an elongated fleshy anthophore. These characters fully match the current circumscription of P. sect. Diphyomene. Based on the specimens recently collected and additional data, the new conservation status for the species is Endangered instead of Critically Endangered, as previously assessed. I also clarify the inadvertent lectotype selection and previous interpretations of the type specimens. Comments on the species distribution, morphology, and ecology, as well as a geographic distribution map, photos, and a detailed illustration are also provided.

Kiwisaldula waiho and K. hurunui, two new species of Saldidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the South Island of New Zealand, with redescriptions of K. butleri (White) and K. laelaps (White)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4341 (1) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
MARIE-CLAUDE LARIVIÈRE ◽  
ANDRÉ LAROCHELLE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
External Morphology ◽  
The South ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Diagnostic Features ◽  
Two New Species

Kiwisaldula waiho new species and K. hurunui new species, are described from the South Island of New Zealand. Kiwisaldula butleri (White, 1878) and K. laelaps (White, 1878), two taxonomically little-known taxa, are redescribed. Morphological descriptions are provided together with illustrations emphasising the most important diagnostic features of external morphology and male genitalia. Information is given on synonymy, type specimens, material examined, geographic distribution and biology. 

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