NOTES ON FRANCIS WALKER'S TYPE-SPECIMENS OF NORTH AMERICAN ANTHOMYID FLIES IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. (MUSCIDAE, DIPTERA)

1934 ◽  
Vol 66 (6) ◽  
pp. 132-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. C. Huckett
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
North American ◽  
British Museum ◽  
Nominal Species ◽  
Type Specimens

The first extensive contribution to a knowledge of the anthomyid flies of North America was made by Francis Walker in 1849, when he published the records of fifty-five nominal species in his list of dipterous insects in the British Museum.

The Genus Epipagis Hubner, nec Hampson, in North America (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

1955 ◽  
Vol 87 (6) ◽  
pp. 249-252
Author(s):  
Eugene Munroe
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
North American ◽  
British Museum ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae ◽  
The Common

Hübner ([1824-25] p. 357) defined the genus Epipagis, citing three species. Hampson (1918: 277) chose fenestralis Hübner as type, and sank Sameodes Snellen to Epipagis. The arrangement of the British Museum Pyralidae shows that Hampson thought fenestralis Hübner was the same as phyllisalis Walker; but so far as I know this synonymy was never published. Actually, Hübner's figure of fenestralis represents a female of the genus usually known as Stenophyes Lederer, wrongly synonymized by Hampson (1899) with Crocidophora Lederer. The size and coloration suggest that the species Hübner figured is the common North American one universally called buronalis Guenée.

On Certain Palaeozoic Bryozoa in the British Museum (Natural History)

1930 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 178-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. P. Nekhoroshev
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Natural History ◽  
British Museum ◽  
The Other ◽  
Altai Mountains ◽  
Intensive Study ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Apparent Absence ◽  
European Species ◽  
American Authors

While working for several years on Palaeozoic Bryozoa with the aim of establishing the Palaeozoic stratigraphy of the Altai Mountains on the basis of the Bryozoan faunas, I have always been aware of a great contradiction. The works of American authors showed clearly that the stratigraphic importance of the Bryozoa is not inferior to that of any other group of fossils, whilst in the works of newer European authors the Palaeozoic Bryozoa were not only deprived of any significant rôle, but often even quite ignored. Owing to this, there arose a question whether the Palaeozoic Bryozoa have a universal distribution like, for instance, the Brachiopoda; or whether there is in North America a special Bryozoan fauna of stratigraphic importance locally, but absent from other parts of the globe. The study of the Siberian Palaeozoic Bryozoa showed a number of forms so far known only from North America, and this suggested that the apparent absence of “American” forms in the other parts of the globe is owing to the lack of intensive study given to the Palaeozoic Bryozoan faunas outside North America. Through the kindness of Dr. Nalivkin, who handed over to me several Bryozoa collected by him in the Middle Devonian of Germany, I was able to confirm this suggestion and I decided to examine, if possible, the existing collections of Palaeozoic Bryozoa of Europe. This appeared the more necessary because, although Palaeozoic Bryozoa were originally described by European authors, yet the species described by them were quite ignored by later American writers. Clearly then, if a comparison of the European with the American Palaeozoic Bryozoa were made, it would be likely that the trivial names of some American species would be replaced by the prior trivial names of European species. To make this comparison, I visited during the winter of 1928–1929 some of the most important museums of Europe, in which I could find either the type specimens of the European Bryozoa, or merely rich collections of topotypes. A revision of the material contained in the museums of Berlin, Munich, Bonn, Prague, Paris and London wholly confirmed my view, namely, that the “American” forms of Palaeozoic Bryozoa were universally distributed, but hitherto had been described and figured, often quite incorrectly, as distinct genera.

Revision of Limnocoris (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Naucoridae) of North America

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4629 (4) ◽  
pp. 451-497
Author(s):  
HIGOR D. D. RODRIGUES ◽  
ROBERT W. SITES
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
North America ◽  
North American ◽  
Key Distribution ◽  
Original Description ◽  
North American Species ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
The North

The North American species of Limnocoris are revised and total 13 species after the present study. Four new species are described and illustrated: L. chaetocarinatus n. sp. from Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia; L. major n. sp. and L. nanus n. sp. from Costa Rica and Panama; and L. zacki n. sp. from Mexico and Guatemala. Further, supplemental descriptions are provided for the previously described species. The following synonymies are proposed, with junior synonyms in brackets: L. insularis Champion [L. alcorni La Rivers n. syn.], L. pygmaeus La Rivers [L. solenoides La Rivers n. syn.], and L. signoreti Montandon [L. brailovskyi La Rivers n. syn., L. laucki La Rivers n. syn., L. stangei La Rivers n. syn.]. A lectotype is designated for L. signoreti. Limnocoris profundus (Say) is considered a nomen dubium because no type specimens have been found and the original description is insufficient to establish its identity. An illustrated taxonomic key, distribution maps, and a discussion of the characters (putative synapomorphies) not previously mentioned in the literature also are presented. 

SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES ON WALKER’S NORTH AMERICAN TYPE-SPECIMENS OF ANTHOMYIIDAE AND MUSCIDAE (DIPTERA) IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM

1971 ◽  
Vol 103 (7) ◽  
pp. 975-977
Author(s):  
H. C. Huckett
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
British Museum ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
North American Type

AbstractThe following species are treated and new synonymies indicated: Cordylura aea, type unknown; C. cupricrus, = Hylemya coenosiaeformis Stein; C. flavipennis, = Acrostilpna replicata Huckett; C. imperator, = Hoplogaster setipes Huckett; C. tenuior, = Hoplogaster mollicula (Fallén); Anthomyia anane, == Botanophila setigera (Johannsen); A. badia, genus Paraprosalpia; Coenosia spinosa, = Hydrophoria ambigua (Fallén).

scholarly journals Cortinarius subgenus Leprocybe, unexpected diversity and significant differences in species compositions between western and eastern North America

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Ammirati ◽  
K. Liimatainen ◽  
D. Bojantchev ◽  
U. Peintner ◽  
R. Kuhnert-Finkernagel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
North American ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
North American Species ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
European Species ◽  
The North ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data

The focus of this paper is the North American species of Cortinarius in subg. Leprocybe. Eighteen species, including twelve new ones, and two tentative (aff.) species, are delimited based on morphological and molecular data (DNA ITS-LSU sequences). Existing type specimens of species in subg. Leprocybe were also studied, and neo- or epitypes designated for C. cotoneus, C. melanotus, C. phrygianus and C. venetus to stabilize the nomenclature. In addition, to improve the infrasubgeneric classification of Leprocybe three new sections are proposed: sect. Fuscotomentosi, sect. Melanoti and sect. Squamiveneti. This study adds substantial information to the knowledge of subg. Leprocybe in North America against a background of European species. To date only two species, C. phrygianus and C. squamivenetus have been reported from both continents.

Notes on the genus Xeromphalina (Agaricales, Xerulaceae) in Canada: biogeography, nomenclature, taxonomy

1988 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 479-507 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. A. Redhead
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
British Columbia ◽  
North America ◽  
North American ◽  
The United States ◽  
Eastern United States ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Widespread Species ◽  
Eurasian Species

Eleven of the 13 North American species of Xeromphalina are reported from Canada. A key to 14 North American and northern Eurasian species is given. Type specimens for 9 names were examined. In Canada, subgenus Heimiomyces is represented by two species: X. tenuipes (Schw.) Smith (sect. Heimiomyces) and X. fulvipes (Murr.) Smith (sect. Fulvipes). Subgenus Xeromphalina is represented by sections Xeromphalina and Mutabiles. Xeromphalina brunneola Miller and X. campanella (Batsch: Fr.) Kuhner & Maire are circumboreal species documented from across Canada. Xeromphalina kauffmanii Smith occurs in southern Quebec, Nova Scotia, Costa Rica, the eastern United States, and in Japan. Section Mutabiles stat.nov. is completely revised based on pigmentation of the pileipellis, on the distribution and types of pileocystidia, and on the pigmentation of the stipe, in addition to characters used previously in the genus. The term "circumcystidia" is coined for pileocystidia largely confined to a band around the pileus margin. In North America, the name X. cauticinalis (Fr.) Kühner & Maire frequently has been misapplied to X. cornui (Quél.) Favre, a common, widespread species in Canada. Xeromphalina fraxinophila Smith is reported from across Canada and the United States and in Eurasia. The name Marasmius cauticinalis is neotypified. In North America X. cauticinalis ssp. cauticinalis occurs in western areas. Xeromphalina cauticinalis ssp. pubescentipes (Peck) comb. et stat. nov. occurs in eastern areas in North America, in Japan, and together with ssp. cauticinalis in Europe. Xeromphalina parvibulbosa (Kauff. & Smith) comb.nov. occurs across North America. Xeromphalina cirris sp.nov. from montane or boreal coniferous forests floors in British Columbia, Ontario, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming and X. campanelloides sp.nov. from coastal British Columbia and Washington, and eastern montane New York and Quebec, on coniferous logs, are described. Rhizomorphs are formed by all Canadian species except X. tenuipes.

A monograph of Valsa on hardwoods in North America

1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (8) ◽  
pp. 1355-1378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda J. Spielman
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
North American ◽  
Herbarium Specimens ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
New Subspecies ◽  
Morphological Studies

The species of Valsa and Cytospora found on hardwoods in North America are reevaluated, based on morphological studies of type specimens, herbarium specimens, and fresh collections. Three sections are accepted in Valsa: sections Valsa, Monostichae Nits., and Cypri Urban, distinguished by the number, size, and arrangement of perithecia, the distribution of ostioles in the disc, and the size of ascospores. Four sections are accepted in Cytospora: sections Cytospora, Torsellia (Fr.) Gvrit., Cytophoma (Hoehn.) Gvrit., and Cytosporopsis (Hoehn.) Gvrit., based on the number and shape of the locules. Correlations between the teleomorphic and anamorphic sections Valsa–Cytospora, Monostichae–Torsellia, and Cypri–Cytophoma are reaffirmed. Six species of Valsa on North American hardwoods are accepted, and two new subspecies are proposed: V. ambiens subsp. ambiens and V. ambiens subsp. leucostomoides (Peck) Spielman. Six species of Cytospora are accepted.

The Genus Orenaia in North America, with the Description of a New Species (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

1956 ◽  
Vol 88 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-78
Author(s):  
E. G. Munroe
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
North American ◽  
North American Species ◽  
Nominal Species ◽  
The North ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae ◽  
A New Species

The most recent list of the North American species of Orenaia was given by McDunnough (1939: 14), who referred two species to the genus. In the present paper two nominal species are transferred from Titanio to Orenaia, one as a synonym, and a new species of Orenaia is described.Titanio and Orenaia agree in the reduced eyes, stout build, hairy vestiture, and noctuid-like facies. However, as was first shown by Müller-Rutz (1929), the genitalia of Orenaia are indistinguishable from those of Evergestis, whereas those of Titanio are of a very different type. The similarity in habitus of the two genera is undoubtedly the result of convergence.

scholarly journals The Identity of Odynerus Scudderi Cameron and O? Bradleyi Cameron (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae)

1987 ◽  
Vol 94 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 77-80
Author(s):  
James M. Carpenter
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
British Museum ◽  
Type Specimens

Bohart (1965) treated the identity of 100 names of North American Eumeninae described by Peter Cameron from 1905 to 1912. This paper established the synonymy of all but four of these names, and so solved many problems in the nomenclature of nearctic Eumeninae. During a recent visit to the British Museum, I studied the type specimens of two of the unrecognized species, and in the present work establish their synonymy.

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