Specific Synonymies Research Articles

New generic and specific synonymy in Oriental Tachinidae (Diptera)

SynopsisNew generic and specific synonymy is established after examination of types as a pre‐liminary step towards the preparation of a catalogue of Oriental Tachinidae. Seventeen names of the genus‐group and 24 specific names are newly placed in synonymy, and 75 new combinations are established. Sixteen lectotypes and two neotypes are designated. One new generic and one new specific synonym in Australian Tachinidae are included.

The identity of the palm kernel borer in Nigeria, with systematic notes on the genusPachymerusThunberg (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)

The identity of the palm kernel borer in West Africa is established, its correct name beingPachymerus cardo(Fåhr.); a neotype is designated forP. bactris(L.), the type species ofPachymerusThunberg; a new species,P. thoracicus, is described from Paraguay, and three new specific synonymies are made. A key in given to the species ofPachymerus, the definitive characters of all of which are described and illustrated.

New generic and specific synonymy in Australian Tachinidae (Diptera)

SYNOPSISExamination of types has shown the existence of much synonymy, which is here newly established as a preliminary step towards the preparation of a catalogue of Australian Tachinidae. Eighteen names of the genus‐group and 32 specific names are newly placed in synonymy and 34 new combinations are established. Seven lecto‐types are designated.

Notes on neotropical Tabanidae (Diptera). V. The species described by G. Enderlein.

The 36 generic and 67 specific names applied to Neotropical Tabanidae (Dipt.) by G. Enderlein are reviewed in connection with a study of his type specimens. 7 genera are retained as useful, 3 are reduced to subgenera, and the remainder considered synonyms. 15 of the specific names are considered valid as proposed, 34 are synonyms, 17 are reduced in rank or placed in other genera, and 1 is a homonym. 22 new specific synonymies and 7 new combinations are proposed.

On the pseudoscorpionidea of Australia

The Australian pseudoscorpionid fauna, as now known, includes representatives of 7 families and 24 genera, of which Austrohorus (Olpiidae, type species exsul mihi, Western Australia) and Paraustrochernes (Chernetidae, type species victorianus mihi, Victoria) are described as new. Tubbichthonius Hoff (Chthoniidae) is considered to be a synonym of Pseudotyrannochthonius Beier. Of the 53 Australian species, to which a key is given, 12 are described as new, namely-Chthoniidae : Sathrochthonius crassidens, Tyrannochthonius (Tyrannochthonius) laevis, T. (Lagynochthonius) australicus, Pseudotyrannochthonius bornemisszai, P. australiensis; Olpiidae: Austrohorus exsul, Xenolpium squalidum, X. bornemisszai; Garypidae: Synsphyronus (Maorigarypus) fallaciosus; Chernetidae: Nesidiochernes australicus, Paraustrochernes victorianus; Cheliferidae: Protochelifer victorianus. No new specific synonymy is recorded.

Generic assignment and synonymy of Wiedemann's types of Oriental Tachinidae (Diptera)

Synopsis All existing type-material has been studied of the Oriental Tachinidae described by Wiedemann: generic combinations and specific synonymies are confirmed or newly established as indicated by the examination of the types. One generic and twenty-two specific names are newly synonymised; nine lectotypes and one neotype are designated.

Notes on the Types of Some Simuliidae (Diptera) Described by Enderlein

Descriptive information is given on the type specimens of 12 species of Simuliidae described by Enderlein. As a result of this study there are 10 new synonymies of names of the genus group, and 4 new specific synonymies. Six lectotypes are selected.

On the Inadvisability of Including New Nomenclatural Information in Abstracts

s of doctoral dissertations accepted at these institutions are published in Dissertation Abstracts. Microfilms of any of these dissertations may be purchased by interested individuals. Abstracts in Dissertation Abstracts ares in Dissertation Abstracts are to be considered duly published for nomenclatural purposes since they meet the requirements for publication set forth in Conclusion 15 of the VIIth (Paris) meeting of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1950) in 1948. In Conclusion 16 of the same meeting the Commission agreed to recommend that new names not be published in abstracts issued in advance of the published work containing the descriptions of the taxonomic units. The Copenhagen Decisions on Zoological Nomenclature (1953) include a decision (pp. 60-61) that new names in papers distributed on microfilms are not to be considered as published. Numerous new names, new combinations, and other taxonomic changes for animal names are being published in Dissertation Abstracts. The examples given below are taken from the Zoology section of the 1955 and 1956 volumes of the serial. Actions in accordance with the Rules. Stough (1955) gave a description of a new genus and species of parasitic nematode which probably is adequate under the Rules. Wurtz (1955) transferred two subfamilies of snails to the status of family Hadley (1955), in an abstract on bat taxonomy, revived a genus, reduced two genera to the status of subgenus, indicated new synonymy, and made several new combinations. Savage (1955) created a new subfamily name for lizards. Crenshaw (1955) removed the species name of a turtle from synonymy and made a new subspecific combination for another turtle name. Kormondy (1955) indicated new synonymy for some dragonfly names. Adams (1956) created four new tribes for birds (at least one of the tribes will date nomenclatorially from some earlier paper, as it is based on the type genus for the family). He also gave a case of new generic synonymy and three new combinations of specific and subspecific names. Moore (1956) transferred two Homoptera to different subfamilies and sank three specific names as junior synonyms. Levin (1956) showed a case of new specific synonymy in nematodes. Gibbs (1956) sank a generic name of a fish as a junior synonym. Johnson (1956) revived a combination in nematodes. Auffenberg (1957) gave new generic and specific synonymy for snakes. Actions not meeting requirements of the Rules. Caine (1955) created a nude subspecific name and a nude specific name for protozoans. Savage (1955) erected a nude generic name for lizards. Namba (1955) coined thirteen nude speThis content downloaded from 157.55.39.104 on Mon, 20 Jun 2016 06:05:08 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms 110 SYSTEMATIC ZOOLOGY cific names for flies. Sleeper (1956) created three nude generic and five nude specific names for weevils. Auffenberg (1957) formed four nude generic names and two nude specific names for snakes. Probably the authors who included new nomenclatural information in their abstracts should not be criticized. Some of them may not have been sufficiently familiar with the Rules to realize what they were doing-certainly familiarity with the Rules is not easily attained at present. Some may have submitted abstracts to their institutions without knowing that the abstracts were to be published. And there may be other extenuating circum-

New North American Tabanidae (Diptera) Part II. Tabanidae

New species of Pangoniinae and new information on specific synonymy, distribution, and location of types of Nearctic Tabanidae are described and discussed in collateral papers (Philip, 1949a, b). The holotypes and allotypes of the following additional species are in the collection of the author unless otherwise indicated.

Brachiopod Homœomorphy

To be able to arrange, in the Geological Department of the British Museum (Natural History), the species known as Terebratula diphya and T. diphyoides , with their allies, it was necessary to ascertain the generic and specific names which such shells should bear. The following remarks are partly the results of such enquiries, partly of investigations carried on at other times in connexion with other collections. The work has led to finding certain overlooked specific designations, while there seem to be disclosed not only notable cases of homœomorphy, but an interesting course of Brachiopod evolution. To deal with the specific synonymy:—The name diphya , Colonna, is pre-Linnean, and therefore cannot remain. The first post-Linnean designation for some of the shells in question is given by Bruguière in 1792 [3]. He named and figured a non-perforate shell Terebratula pileus (p. 424), and a perforate one T. cor (p. 425) These figures, with others of Terebratulæ were reproduced in the ‘Encyclopédie Méthodique’ [4], being drawn under Bruguière's direction, as he states in the ‘Journal d’Histoire Naturelle’ p. 419. They were published in 1797 [33], without any names, and were accompanied by figures of another perforate diphya -like fossil. In 1819, Valenciennes [36] wrote the articles on the Terebratulæ in Lamarck's ‘Animaux sans Vertèbres’: he named the last-mentioned fossil (Ency. Méth. pl. ccxl, fig. 4) Terebratula deltoidea ; to the reproduced figures of Bruguière's T. pileus (Ency. Méth. pl. ccxli, fig. 1) he gave the name T. triangulus ; and the reproduced figures of Bruguiére's T. cor he