Concerning Tomotaenia and Paraplanes, with the Description of a New Dignathodontid Centipede from Missouri (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Dignathodontidae)

1954 ◽  
Vol 86 (9) ◽  
pp. 416-419 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph E. Crabill
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Reliable Information

Tomotaenia was proposed in 1895 by O. F. Cook (3, p. 866) for the reception of a number of Nearctic species; Strigamia parviceps Wood, 1862 (6, p. 49) was cited as the genotype. In 1953 (4, p. 172) I considered Tomotaenia a junior synonym of Strigamia chiefly because reliable information on the questionable type species, parviceps, was neither to be gained from a study of the unavailable type specimen nor from a perusal of the literature and because of the fact that the original description of parviceps in some ways suggests the typical Strigamia habitus. In addition, Attems and others have placed parviceps in Scolioplanes [=Strigamia]. However, in a paper recenrlv published Chamberlin (2) shows that dignathodontid [linotaeniid of Chamberlin] centipedes agreeing in many particulars with Wood's descriptions of parviceps and especially epileptica (loc. cit) inhabit the northwestern United States in some abundance. Perhaps the most striking characteristics of these specimens are their possession of undivided ultimate pedal pretergites, broad ultimate pedal sternites, and coxopleural pores restricted to an area immediately bordering the afore-mentioned sternites. These features, then, might be taken as justifiable bases for separating forms congeneric with epileptica from those properly referable to Strigamia.

A revision of the Neotropical spider genus Oligoxystre Vellard 1924  (Theraphosidae, Ischnocolinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1555 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOSÉ PAULO LEITE GUADANUCCI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Additional Material ◽  
History Of

The genus Oligoxystre Vellard 1924 is revised. Pseudoligoxystre Vol 2001 is synonymized with Oligoxystre and its typespecies, P. bolivianum Vol 2001, is considered valid. The type-specimen of Oligoxystre auratum Vellard 1924, type-species by original designation, is considered lost. No additional material matching the original description was found and therefore the species is diagnosed from the original description. Four new species, all from Brazil, are also described: O. caatinga, O. dominguense, O. tucuruiense, and O. rufoniger. Data on natural history of O. bolivianum from field and captivity observations are presented. The genus Cenobiopelma Mello-Leitão & Arlé 1934 ) is based upon Cenobiopelma mimeticum Mello-Leitão & Arlé 1934 for which no type was ever designated and hence both are considered nomina nuda.

The weevil genus Trigonopterus Fauvel (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) and its synonyms—a taxonomic study on the species tied to its genus-group names

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2977 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALEXANDER RIEDEL
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Taxonomic Study

The genus Trigonopterus Fauvel, 1862 is briefly diagnosed. At present, four junior subjective synonyms of the genus exist: Idotasia Pascoe, 1871, Eurysia Pascoe, 1885, Mimidotasia Voss, 1960 (syn. n.), and Microgymnapterus Voss, 1960 (syn. n.). Trigonopterus vossi nom.n. is proposed as a replacement name of the secondary homonym T. submetallicus (Voss, 1960) nec T. submetallicus Marshall, 1921, and T. micros nom.n. to replace T. minutus (Voss, 1960: 327) nec T. minutus (Voss, 1960: 341). Idotasia nasuta Pascoe is designated type species of Idotasia. Lectotypes are designated for the following names: Eurysia fulvicornis Pascoe, Idotasia ebriosa Pascoe, Idotasia elliptica Pascoe, Idotasia inclusa Pascoe, Idotasia nasuta Pascoe, Idotasia scaphioides Pascoe, and Microgymnapterus minutus Voss. The type species of Trigonopterus, Eurysia, Mimidotasia and Microgymnapterus, as well as the five species included in Pascoe´s original description of Idotasia are redescribed: T. ebriosus (Pascoe), T. ellipticus (Pascoe), T. fulvicornis (Pascoe), T. inclusus (Pascoe), T. insignis Fauvel, T. micros nom.n., T. nasutus (Pascoe), T. scaphioides (Pascoe), and T. vossi nom.n.. Trigonopterus egenus (Pascoe) is recognized as a junior synonym of T. scaphioides (Pascoe), syn.n.. Trigonopterus oblitus sp.n., is described based on specimens labeled as paratypes of Microgymnapterus minutus. Douttia basimaculata Voss 1960 is transferred to Trigonopterus: T. basimaculatus (Voss) comb.n.. Trigonopterus insignis Fauvel is endemic to New Caledonia, T. fulvicornis (Pascoe) to Sulawesi; the remaining species treated herein are restricted to parts of New Guinea and Maluku. The record of T. egenus (Pascoe) for New Zealand is incorrect.

Cuapetes Clark, 1919, a senior synonym of Kemponia Bruce, 2004 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2028 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
JUNJI OKUNO
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Senior Synonym ◽  
De Man

Borradaile (1915) established Falciger Borradaile, 1915, as a subgenus of Periclimenes Costa, 1844, for nine species described by him as new to science: Periclimenes (Falciger) nilandensis Borradaile, 1915; P. (F.) affinis Borradaile, 1915; P. (F.) dubius Borradaile, 1915; P. (F.) compressus Borradaile, 1915; P. (F.) brocketti Borradaile, 1915; P. (F.) pottsi Borradaile, 1915; P. (F.) suvadivensis Borradaile, 1915; P. (F.) seychellensis Borradaile, 1915; and P. (F.) kolumadulensis Borradaile, 1915. Two years later, Borradaile (1917) increased the number of species in the subgenus up to 27, and designated Periclimenes petitthouarsi var. spinifera De Man, 1902, now considered to be Periclimenella spinifera (De Man, 1902), as the type species of the subgenus. Subsequently, Holthuis (1955) designated P. (F.) nilandensis as the type species because Periclimenes petitthouarsi var. spinifera was not included in the original description of Falciger by Borradaile (1915) (see ICZN 1999: Article 67.2). Earlier, Clark (1919) had proposed a replacement generic name Cuapetes Clark, 1919 for Borradaile’s Falciger, since the latter name is a junior homonym of Falciger Say, 1824 (Insecta: Coleoptera), Falciger Bucholz, 1869 (Arachnida: Arachnoidea), and Falciger Trouessart and Mégnin, 1883 (Arachnida: Arachnoidea) (see Holthuis 1993). Following current nomenclatorial rules, the type species of Cuapetes must thus be regarded to be P. (F.) nilandensis (see ICZN 1999: Article 67.8). Until now, shrimp taxonomists have always considered Cuapetes as a junior synonym of Periclimenes sensu lato (see Holthuis 1993; Chace and Bruce 1993), but a situation is herein corrected.

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. 

Revision of the Middle Cambrian trilobite Agnostus acadicus Hartt

1995 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 302-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard A. Robison
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Separate Species ◽  
Middle Cambrian ◽  
Senior Synonym ◽  
Cambrian Trilobite ◽  
First Time ◽  
Stratigraphic Range

Agnostus acadicus Hartt (in Dawson, 1868) was the first agnostoid trilobite to be described from Middle Cambrian strata in North America. It was later designated the type species of Acadagnostus Kobayashi, 1939. The original description of A. acadicus was based on two specimens, a cephalon and a pygidium, which are illustrated for the first time with photographs. These are interpreted to represent separate species, each belonging to a different genus. The holotype cephalon is reassigned as Peronopsis acadica, which is judged to be a subjective senior synonym of Agnostus fallax Linnarsson, 1869, and several other species-group taxa. Consequently, Acadagnostus is suppressed as a subjective junior synonym of Peronopsis. Agnostus fallax is the type species of Axagnostus Laurie, 1990, which also is suppressed as a subjective junior synonym of Peronopsis. The pygidium on which the original description of A. acadicus was based is reassigned to Hypagnostus parvifrons (Linnarsson, 1869).Peronopsis acadica, as emended, is a common, cosmopolitan agnostoid in open-marine lithofacies. It has an observed stratigraphic range from the Ptychagnostus praecurrens Interval-zone to the Ptychagnostus punctuosus Interval-zone.

scholarly journals On the type species of the genus Dendarus Dejean, 1821 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5048 (4) ◽  
pp. 575-580
Author(s):  
MARCIN JAN KAMIŃSKI ◽  
PATRICE BOUCHARD ◽  
PIERO LEO ◽  
DARIUSZ IWAN
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
The Status ◽  
Locus Typicus ◽  
Coleoptera Tenebrionidae

Based on type specimen investigation, the status of Helops tristis Rossi, 1790 as the type species of the genus Dendarus Dejean, 1821 is confirmed. Lectotypes are designated for Helops tristis and Pandarus coarcticollis Mulsant, 1854 – both are classified in Dendarus. Pandarus libanicus Desbrochers des Loges, 1881 is recognised as a junior synonym of Dendarus calcaratus Baudi di Selve, 1881. Both taxa share the same locus typicus (Mount Lebanon in Lebanon) and are morphologically distinct from the Italian Dendarus lugens (Mulsant & Rey, 1854). Finally, D. lugens is considered as a synonym of D. (Dendarus) coarcticollis.  

scholarly journals First Report of Nematostoma artemisiae on Artemisia in the United States

Plant Disease ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 81 (4) ◽  
pp. 424-424
Author(s):  
A. Y. Rossman ◽  
N. J. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
The United States ◽  
Fruiting Bodies ◽  
First Report ◽  
Leaf Hairs ◽  
Artemisia Ludoviciana ◽  
The U.S

A fungus associated with leaf hairs of Silver King also known as Silver Wormwood (Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. subsp. albula (Wooton) Keck) from Missouri (Crawford County, near Bourbon) was identified as the loculoascomycete Nematostoma artemisiae Syd. and P. Syd. When the fungus is present, the leaf hairs become discolored due to the numerous dark ascocarps and eventually drop off and the living leaves lose their silvery appearance, detracting from the ornamental value of the plants. Undocumented observations suggest that the fungus occurred on this host in Ohio and other states of the Midwest in 1995. N. artemisiae was described from Japan on Artemisia indica Willd. and reported once from China on that host. The type specimen was recently redescribed and illustrated by Sivanesan (1) who provided an account of the genus of which this is the type species. The uniloculate fruiting bodies of N. artemisiae are solitary, superficial to basally immersed, dark brown, globose, 120 to 160 μm in diameter, with four to 10 black setae 125 to 175 (300) μm long extending from the thickened region around the ostiole. The bitunicate, cylindrical, 8-spored asci are 50 to 65 × 7 to 9 μm and contain pale brown, broadly fusiform, smooth ascospores, 14 to 18 × 4.5 to 5.0 μm, three-septate, slightly constricted at each septum. The anamorph pycnidia are similar in appearance to the ascomycete fruiting bodies and contain hyaline, broadly spherical conidia 3 to 5 μm in diameter. The specimen has been deposited at the U.S. National Fungus Collection (BPI 749199). Reference: (1) A. Sivanesan. Syst. Ascomycetum 6:201, 1987.

scholarly journals Two new species of freshwater stingrays of the genus Paratrygon (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae) from the Orinoco basin, with comments on the taxonomy of Paratrygon aiereba

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thiago Silva Loboda ◽  
Carlos A. Lasso ◽  
Ricardo de Souza Rosa ◽  
Marcelo Rodrigues de Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Amazon Basin ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Dermal Denticle ◽  
New Evidence

Abstract The genus Paratrygon, currently recognized as the sole monotypic genus of the family Potamotrygonidae, has a considerably greater diversity than previously indicated, including molecular studies, which supported P. aiereba (hitherto the only recognized species in the genus) as a possible species complex. Here we describe two new species of the genus that are both endemic to and sympatric in the Orinoco basin. Paratrygon aiereba, type species of the genus, is now restricted to the Amazon basin. Both new species are identified and defined through morphological characters such as coloration, dermal denticle morphology, arrangement of thorns, distribution and morphology of ventral lateral line canals, morphology of skeletal elements, and morphometrics. An extensive comparison of these characters between the new species herein described and P. aiereba is presented. Finally, a taxonomic reappraisal of P. aiereba is provided through a revision of preserved material and its original description, plus new evidence about its type-locatity, collectors, and a reconsideration of the destination of its type-specimen.

‘Aristocystites? subcylindricus var. de bohemicus Barrande, 1887’ is a valid species of Aristocystites (Echinodermata, Diploporita): description and taxonomic consequences

2019 ◽  
Vol 93 (04) ◽  
pp. 822-826
Author(s):  
Christopher R.C. Paul ◽  
Ronald L. Parsley
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
The United States ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Single Plate ◽  
Oral Area

AbstractBarrande erected the genus Aristocystites, type A. bohemicus Barrande, in 1887. He listed other questionable species, including “A.? subcylindricus var. de bohemicus.” Aristocystites subcylindricus has not been accepted apart from Bather who in 1919 designated a type specimen and made it the type species of the new genus Hippocystis. No specimens available to Barrande or Bather preserved the oral area necessary to characterize Hippocystis or A. subcylindricus. Specimen 436969A, in the United States National Museum of Natural History is a more complete specimen of A. subcylindricus and preserves the oral area. This shows that A. subcylindricus is a valid species, but has two ambulacral facets, a character unique to the genus Aristocystites. Aristocystites subcylindricus has tumid plates with obvious sutures, a rounded thecal base, and a gonopore surrounded by three plates. Aristocystites bohemicus has smooth plates, an obvious attachment scar aborally and a gonopore within a single plate. Both species have occasional horseshoe-shaped diplopores.UUID: http://zoobank.org/946c28a2-5783-4a6b-9111-416857bf9363

Redescription of Pararhaphe and review of Arhaphe (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Largidae) of America north of Mexico

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3058 (1) ◽  
pp. 35 ◽  
Author(s):  
JAROSLAV L. STEHLÍK ◽  
PETR KMENT
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Type Species ◽  
The United States ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Generic Status

The genus Pararhaphe Henry, 1988 (= Japetus Distant, 1883) (Largidae: Arhaphinae) is redescribed based on the type species Pararhaphe sphaeroides (Distant, 1883), considered monotypic, and its generic status is confirmed. The genus Jarhaphetus Bliven, 1956, syn. restit., is confirmed as junior synonym of Arhaphe Herrich-Schaeffer, 1850. Four species of the genus Arhaphe occurring in the United States are recognised and keyed: Arhaphe arguta (Bliven, 1956) comb. res- tit. (= Jarhaphetus argutus Bliven, 1956; = Arhaphe snowi Bliven, 1973, syn. nov.); Arhaphe breviata Barber, 1924; Arhaphe carolina Herrich-Schaeffer, 1850; and Arhaphe mimetica Barber, 1911, comb. restit. (from Pararhaphe mimetica (Barber, 1911)). Arhaphe cicindeloides Walker, 1873 (= Arhaphe divisa Brailovsky, 1981, syn. nov.) is redescribed based on type specimens; all the previous records of A. cicindeloides from the United States are regarded as misidentifications of A. arguta. Lectotypes of A. cicindeloides and A. mimetica are designated. The literature, bionomics, and distribution of all the mentioned taxa is reviewed.

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