Pagurus pubescens and a Proposed New Name for a Closely Related Species in the Northwest Atlantic (Decapoda: Anomura)

1964 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 355-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. J. Squires
Keyword(s):  
Hermit Crab ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Diagnostic Character ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Northwest Atlantic ◽  
The Third ◽  
New Name ◽  
Anterior Division

Reference is made to Krøyer's description of the hermit crab, Pagurus pubescens, and to Stimpson's later description of P. krøyeri. Comparison of specimens of krøyeri with the type specimen of pubescens showed them to be identical. The American species thought by Stimpson to be pubescens and, therefore, left without a name, is now given a name, P. arcuatus. Both species are compared with P. trigonocheirus, and a new diagnostic character, the shape of the anterior division of the third sternite, is used.

scholarly journals Miconia gigantea, a long-forgotten endemic and endangered species of Melastomataceae in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

2016 ◽  
Vol 88 (3 suppl) ◽  
pp. 1809-1818
Author(s):  
LILIAN P.G. DA ROSA ◽  
JOSÉ F.A. BAUMGRATZ ◽  
SEBASTIÃO J. DA SILVA NETO
Keyword(s):  
Endangered Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Brazilian Atlantic Forest ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Floristic Studies ◽  
Occurrence Records

ABSTRACT Taxonomic and floristic studies in the state of Rio de Janeiro allowed the rediscovery of Miconia gigantea, an endemic species to the Atlantic Forest, until recently known only from the type specimen, collected over 100 years by A.F.M. Glaziou. We present an amended and detailed description of M. gigantea, providing characteristics of the flowers, fruits and seeds, in addition to illustrations, comments about taxonomic affinities with closely related species, the presently known distribution together with new occurrence records, and the conservation status.

Designation of a neotype for the Brazilian porcupine, Coendou prehensilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2791 (1) ◽  
pp. 30 ◽  
Author(s):  
YURI L. R. LEITE ◽  
VILACIO CALDARA JÚNIOR ◽  
ANA CAROLINA LOSS ◽  
LEONORA PIRES COSTA ◽  
ÉVERTON R. A. MELO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Geographic Ranges ◽  
Central Brazil ◽  
Shed Light

The Brazilian porcupine was one of several species described and illustrated by the 17 th -century naturalist Georg Marcgrave, whose text was among the primary references upon which Linnaeus based his Hystrix prehensilis. As currently understood, Coendou prehensilis is a wide-ranging polytypic taxon that has never been revised and may represent a complex of closely related species. Given that no name-bearing type specimen of C. prehensilis is believed to be extant, and in order to avoid ambiguous application of this name, we designate a specimen collected at the type locality in Pernambuco, northeastern Brazil, as the neotype for Hystrix prehensilis Linnaeus. The geographic distribution of mitochondrial DNA haplotypes suggests that specimens from west-central Brazil previously identified as “Coendou prehensilis” belong to a different species, but only a comprehensive taxonomic revision of the genus will shed light on species limits and the geographic ranges of C. prehensilis and other congeneric forms.

CONCERNING SCOLOPS COCKERELLI, (HOMOPTERA. FULGORIDAE)

1930 ◽  
Vol 62 (6) ◽  
pp. 120-122
Author(s):  
Paul B. Lawson
Keyword(s):  
Related Species ◽  
British Museum ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
University Science

In his paper on the genus Scolops (Kansas University Science Bulletin, Volume XVIII, page 417, 1928), Breakey comes to the conclusion that Scolops cockerelli Fowler is a synonym of Ball's Scolops robustus. On pages 427-428 he records the comparison of specimens of a number of closely related species with the type specimen of Fowler's species by Mr. W. E. China of the British Museum.

scholarly journals Taxonomic validation of a well-known Odontoglossum (Orchidaceae: Oncidiinae) “ghost”

Lankesteriana ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stig Dalström
Keyword(s):  
Related Species ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Royal Horticultural Society ◽  
Taxonomic History

The plant that was first called “Odontoglossum wyattianum” by Gurney Wilson was exhibited at a meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society on January 3, 1928. No official description was ever published and no type specimen was ever designated, or has surfaced, hence making this distinct species a taxonomic ‘ghost’. The taxonomic validation of Odontoglossum wyattianum is made here through the designation of a holotype, together with a diagnosis, a brief taxonomic history and comparison with similar and closely related species.

On the systematic status of Isopericlimenaeus Marin, 2012 and its type species, Periclimenaeus gorgonidarum (Balss, 1913) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4614 (2) ◽  
pp. 353 ◽  
Author(s):  
JIN-HO PARK ◽  
SAMMY DE GRAVE ◽  
WON KIM
Keyword(s):  
Related Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Diagnostic Character ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Related Genus ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Systematic Status ◽  
The Family ◽  
Molecular Comparison

The palaemonid genus Isopericlimenaeus is currently comprised of only the type species, Isopericlimenaeus gorgonidarum, with the diagnostic character of the genus being the presence of a molar and fossa structure on both second chelipeds. Periclimenaeus uropodialis is a closely related species, which has either been considered a synonym of I. gorgonidarum or placed as a valid species in the related genus, Periclimenaeus. During fieldwork in the Philippines, Taiwan and Korea, several species of Periclimenaeus and other sponge associated shrimps belonging to the family Palaemonidae were collected, including I. gorgonidarum and P. uropodialis. Based on a morphological and molecular comparison, it is demonstrated that both taxa are conspecific and that Isopericlimenaeus is a junior synonym of Periclimenaeus.

scholarly journals A new species of Wesmaelius Krüger from Mexico, with a key to the New World species of the subgenus Kimminsia Killington (Neuroptera, Hemerobiidae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 841 ◽  
pp. 61-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yesenia Marquez-López ◽  
Atilano Contreras-Ramos
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Related Species ◽  
New World ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
World Species ◽  
The Third ◽  
Central Plate ◽  
Middle America ◽  
Subgenital Plate ◽  
A New Species

Wesmaelius (Kimminsia) nanacamilpa Marquez & Contreras, sp. n., a brown lacewing from Tlaxcala state, Mexico is described and illustrated. This is the second recorded species of Wesmaelius from Mexico, and the third from Middle America. Males of the new species may be identified by parameres separate apically, styliform sclerites directed basally, as well as a rounded gonarcus with a short entoprocessus. Females may be distinguished from closely related species by a subgenital plate with the central plate broadly incised basally. There are now 16 species of Wesmaelius known from the New World.

A new species, a new name and new synonyms in Euphorbia subg. Esula (Euphorbiaceae ) from South Africa

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 423 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-98
Author(s):  
PETER V. BRUYNS
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Small Species ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
New Name ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
A New Species

A very small species Euphorbia minuscula (Euphorbiaceae) belonging to subg. Esula is described from the southern, coastal part of South Africa. A key to the closely related species is provided and a new name, E. dumosoides, is published for the illegitimate Euphorbia dumosa E. Mey. ex Boissier. Lectotypes are designated for four names. The synonymy of E. natalensis is extended to include E. epicyparissias and E. crebrifolia.

The pupal cremaster as a diagnostic character for species of Phyllonorycter (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), with description of a new species of the nipponicella complex from Japan

2000 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 387-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junko Fujihara ◽  
Tosio Kumata ◽  
Hiroaki Sato
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
North American ◽  
Related Species ◽  
North American Species ◽  
Diagnostic Character ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Host Plant Preference ◽  
A New Species

AbstractThe pupal cremasters of twelve species of Japanese oak-feeding Phyllonorycter are examined. The cremasters, even those of closely related species, are specifically distinct. Combined with descriptions of European and North American species, the present results indicate that the cremaster can be used as a diagnostic character for the species of Phyllonorycter. A new species, P. persimilis, which was previously confused with P. similis Kumata, and the female of P. nipponicella (Issiki), hitherto unknown, are described. The nipponicella complex including these species is reviewed and the speciation of its members is discussed in relation to diversification of the host plant preference.

LAPHRIA VULTUR OSTEN SACKEN AND TWO RELATED SPECIES (DIPTERA-ASILIDAE)

1936 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-11
Author(s):  
J. Wilcox
Keyword(s):  
Related Species ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
The Third ◽  
Comparative Zoology

Recently in checking material in the genus Laphrin apparently two species were found under the name uvltur Osten Sacken. Marston Bates kindly examined the types of uvltur in the Museum of Comparative Zoology and, on verifying my observations, sent part of their material for study. Two of Osten Sacken's specimens ( ♂ ♀ ) are uvltur and the third speciimen is herein described as new, and notes on several other closely related species are given.

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