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Geckobia japonicum, a re-publication of Pterygosoma japonicum Kishida, 1927. (Acarina, Pterygosomidae)

In a literature search for species of Pterygosoma it has been my good fortune to find a figure and Japanese description of Pterygosoma japonicum Kishida, 1927, in Figuraro de Japanaj, Bestej Tokyo, 1927, Hokurykan and Co. Ltd. This species has not been listed by the Zoological Record, and indeed it seems to have been completely overlooked in the West. Hence this re-publication.

THE ZOOLOGICAL RECORD (AVES)

IbisVolume 101, Issue 1 p. 123-125 THE ZOOLOGICAL RECORD (AVES) W. P. C. Tenison, W. P. C. TenisonSearch for more papers by this author W. P. C. Tenison, W. P. C. TenisonSearch for more papers by this author First published: January 1959 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1959.tb02364.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Volume101, Issue1January 1959Pages 123-125 RelatedInformation

A Record “Zoological Record”

The Zoological Record, Vol. 92 Being the Records of Zoological Literature relating chiefly to the year 1955. Edited by G. Burder Stratton. Pp. vi + 1852. (London: Zoological Society of London, 1958.) 160s.

Zoology Expands

The Zoological Record, Vol. 90 Being the Records of Zoological Literature relating chiefly to the year 1953. Edited by G. Burder Stratton. Pp. 1750. (London: Zoological Society of London, 1956.) 120s.

Zoological Literature for 1958

The Zoological Record Vol. 95: Records of Zoological Literature relating chiefly to the year 1958. Edited by G. Burder Stratton, assisted by Marcia A. Edwards. Pp. v + 2234. (London: Zoological Society of London, 1961.) 160s.

A Neglected Paper by A. L. Montandon on Cryptocerate Hemiptera

Subsequent writers have very generally overlooked an important paper by A. L. Montandon published in 1910. Its one new species has not been noticed in the Zoological Record; no references to it occur in Van Duzee's Catalogue (1917); and the only citation to it I have seen was by Jaczewski (1934) under Ochterus marginatus. It is entitled Quelques types d'Hemipteres de Guerin-Meneville des Collections du Musee Zoologique de l'Universite de Naples, and appeared in the Annuario del Museo Zoologico della R. Universita di Napoli (Nuova Serie), Vol. 3, No. 10, pp. 1-4, February 21, 1910. I am indebted to the Librarian of the Museum of Comparative Zoology of Harvard University for the information that this is the correct pagination and not merely the pagination of a reprint. In this paper Montandon reported his studies on the Guerin types of cryptocerate Hemiptera in the Naples Museum. Some older synonymy was confirmed; some new synonymy was stated; and Getastocoris major n. sp., was described on page 2 to replace G. flavus (nec Guerin) as formerly misidentified both by Montandon and by Champion. I may add here that we must place Gelastocoris andinus Melin 1928 as a new synonym of G. major Mont., since it too was proposed to replace G. flavus Champ. 1901 nec Guerin. Certain of the synonymy proposed by Montandon in 1910 is quite different from that found in the writings of more recent authors who have not had the benefit of examining Guerin's types. It seems desirable, therefore, to give the following resume of this paper. In this abstract new synonymy stated in the 1910 paper is indicated by asterisks (*); and any comments I have added are inclosed in square brackets.

The recorded Distribution of the Tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille)

Information about the recorded distribution of the tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latr.) was accumulated in the same way as that gathered and mapped by Buxton (1941) for certain fleas. The search of the literature which was begun by Miss Benzian was continued by me to January, 1949. Besides the examination of original papers the following were consulted : Review of Applied Entomology, Series B, Tropical Diseases Bulletin and Zoological Record.

Distribuição dos Hydrozoa até agora conhecidos nas costas do Brasil

This work was done with the aim of computing all the species of Hydrozoa (Siphonophora excluded) that have been collected on the Brazilian coast, or in the pelagial, near the coast (some of the Meteor Stations). Nutting's (1900, 1904, 1915) and Mayer's (1910) monographs were taken as starting points and later papers and the Zoological Record used to check posterior findings. As a whole, 116 different valid names, among species and forms, have been mentioned from the Brazilian coast, distributed among 60 genera. Of the 116 species, 82 are represented by hydropolyps, 30 by hydromedusae (11 of which belong to the Trachylina and therefore lack a polypoid generation) and finally, by 4 species of which are known both polypoid and medusoid generations. The subdivision of the coast has been made at random, on account of the scarcity of the findings, except for the best known district, that goes from the latitude of Vitoria (State of Espirito Santo, at about 20olat.S.) to the bay of Santos (State of Sao Paulo, about 24olat.S.). The latitude of Cabo Frio (23olat.S.) was considered as a possible natural barrier, and the results of the global counting of the distribution of the hydropolyps North and South of 23olat.S. is the following: 29 species are known only North of Cabo Frio, 26 only from the same latitude (see direction of the coast, along parallel 23oS.) or further South and 28 species are known both North and South of the coast (of these, 5 species are cosmopolitan). Therefore it seems quite possible that Cabo Frio really is a barrier to the distribution of 55 species. 26 species are endemic to the Brazilian coast, of these, only 5 are found both North and South of the Cape, while-14 are found only North and 7 only South. No studies can be done, on the bathymetric distribution in relation to the latitude. These results must be considered as provisory since more extensive researches will probably alter these figures. However, I believe that they are significative as a mean index of the condition of the hydrozoan fauna of the Brazilian coast. A tentative working hypothesis is presented as to the possible factors that confer such a zoogeographic importance to the region of Cabo Frio, a fact that has been foreseen by Ekman (1935, p. 73). Geographic position, currents, latitude and nature of the sea bottom between the continent and the oceanic island of Trindade have been taken in consideration, and all of them seem to be possible eficient factors of separation. Furthermore, according to the data obtained by the Meteor Expedition in July 2, 1926, at station 164 (23o8'lat.S. - 42o5'long.W.) and station 165 (23o35'lat.S. - 40o52'long.W.) and by what is known by hearsay and local experience of the region (exact continued study is urgently needed), it seems possible that, off from the sharp curve that the coast has at Cabo Frio, there may be an irregularity of the general scheme of the current and local upwelling may be present that would explain the local low temperature, low salinity and high density of the superficial layers as well as the abundance of fishes; these factors might contribute towards the establishement of a zoogeographical barrier. Further work is needed and nothing more than an hypothesis can be presented for the moment.

Imperial Institute of Entomology: Dr.S.A. Neave, C.M.G., O.B.E

THE retiremeA ojDy. S..A.' Ne ve last July from the direooB ipof the Imperial Institute of Entomology win be much regretted by entomologists and others in many countries. He was appointed assistant director of the then Bureau of Entomology in 1913, and filled that position until July 1942, when he succeeded Sir Guy Marshall as director of the present Institute. Dr. Neave's name is inseparably associated with the growth and outstanding reputation of the Institute's Publication; Office. In particular the Review of Applied Entomology and the Nomenclator Zoologicus (in four volumes) are constant reminders of the debt which not only entomologists but also general zoologists owe to Dr. Neave. In addition, during the four years he was director of the Institute, Dr. Neave supervised the production of the bulky "Insecta"part of the annual Zoological Record, besides editing the Bulletin of Entomological Research. He carries with him the good wishes of a wide circle of entomologists, and many others, on his retirement. He is succeeded as director of the Imperial Institute of Entomology by Dr. W. J. Hall, who was appointed assistant director in 1944 (see Nature, 153, 649; 1944).

XXIII.— A Review of Recent Work on the Permian Non-Marine Lamellibranchs and its Bearing on the Affinities of certain Non-Marine Genera of the Upper Palaeozoic

PART I: THE FAUNAS. 1. Introduction. In the years immediately preceding the present war much new work was done on the Permian non-marine lamellibranchs in various regions, which has special significance by reason of the problems it presents to workers on the corresponding fossils of the Upper Carboniferous. The present review attempts to summarise the results of this work, to examine it critically and generally to bring the problems it raises into focus. It is not surprising that most of the recent researches which form the subject of this review have been carried out in the U.S.S.R., in view of the intensive exploitation of the Permian coals of the Siberian Basins. Unfortunately some of the literature is not easily accessible and in spite of the courtesy of the Soviet Embassy and Sir E. John Russell, Adviser to the Soviet Relations Branch of the Ministry of Information, the writer has failed to obtain copies of the various papers of Ragozin on the fauna of the Kuznetsk Basin. The difficulty at present is doubtless due to war conditions, but according to the bibliographies in Fedotov (1937 and 1938) Ragozin’s papers on this subject were published between 1931 and 1935 and copies of some have not been received by the principal British scientific libraries. The new genera proposed by Ragozin are recorded in “Nomenclator Zoologicus” and the “Zoological Record” (for 1935 and 1938) and doubtless at least one copy of each of the relevant papers was available in England, but Dr. L. R. This 250-word extract was created in the absence of an abstract In addition to the acknowledgments made in the Introduction and elsewhere I wish to thank my colleagues, Professor Trueman, Dr. Leitch and Dr. Eagar, for reading the typescript and discussing with me some of the problems raised. I also have to thank Dr. Eagar for the drawings reproduced in Figures 1 and 2, and the Geological Survey (Scottish Office) for the loan of specimens. I wish further to express my thanks to the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland for a grant towards defraying the cost of illustrations.

The Zoological Record

The seventy–sixth volume of the “Zoological Record”, dealing with the literature published in 1939, appears a good deal later than usual (although some of the sections were issued separately many months ago), which, in the circumstances, is less, surprising than that it should appear at all. Its compilation under war conditions must have involved much additional labour and great determination on the part of the editor and his contributors, and they are to be warmly congratulated on the completion of their task. The Zoological Record Vol. 76: Being Records of Zoological Literature relating chiefly to the Year 1939. Compiled for the Zoological Society of London by A. G. Brighton, M. Burton, A. B. Hastings, C. A. Hoare, W. Nicoll, A. E. Salisbury, J. K. S. St. Joseph, W. L. Sclater, M. A. Smith, C. J. Stubblefield, E. Trewavas, E. I. White, R. J. Whittick., and the Imperial Institute of Entomology. Edited by Malcolm A. Smith. Pp. 1420. (London: Zoological Society of London, 1940.) £3.; also in 19 Sections, issued separately.

Dr. R. Hanitsch

DR. RICHARD HANITSCH died at Oxford on August 11 last. Born at Grossenstein, Germany, in 1860, he graduated Ph.D. in the University of Jena. During 1887-1895 he held the post of demonstrator in zoology in the University of Liverpool. During this period he took an active interest in marine biology and became an authority on the sponges, a group on which he wrote a number of papers and reports dealing with English, Irish and some of the foreign species. He also contributed, for a few years, the sections dealing with the literature on sponges and Protozoa to the Zoological Record, ending in about 1894. Dr. Hanitsch also contributed short papers on other zoological subjects including the pineal eye of Anguis and the structure of Limax. The two last-named were printed in the Liverpool Biological Society's Transactions.

Generic Names Proposed in Herpetology by E. D. Cope

SOME years ago, in order to facilitate our own work on Central America, and in order the better to answer numerous inquiries regarding Cope types supposed to be in the collection of the Philadelphia Academy, we prepared a list of the nine hundred and odd species of living amphibians and reptiles described by Cope, and hope eventually to publish this list together with the present location and condition of the types. We thus became fairly conversant with Cope's herpetological work, as far as it pertained to new species, and having ourselves felt the need for an accurate list of Cope's genera of these groups we have prepared the following for the Cope anniversary number of the journal named in his honor. We have used Osborn's bibliography (1930, Biographical Mem. Nat. Acad. Sci., 13: 172-317) with much profit. It has a few omissions, at least one erroneous inclusion, and a few erroneous datings, but these do not seriously detract from its usefulness. We have checked the names with those in the following lists: A-L. Neave, 1939, Nomenclator Zoologicus, Vol. 1-2. M-Tret. Schulze, Kukenthal, and Heider, 1931-1938, Nomenclator animalium generum et subgenerum. Trid.-end of alphabet. Scudder, 1882, Nomenclator Zoologicus; the Index Zoologicus, 1880-1900; and Zoological Record, 1902. Cope published many new generic names, or emendations of older ones, without any indication that they were new. Some of his new generic names were published in such unlikely places as indices. We feel no real confidence that we have found them all, but a comparison with the A-L volumes of Neave (1939) shows that we have 19 generic names not in Neave, and 26 not correctly cited by that work. Cope cited himself as author of a number of generic names which he was not the first to propose. The author most concerned is Fitzinger, many of whose genera were proposed with type but without diagnosis. The rules in force during most of Cope's working period held such genera invalid, and Cope, who provided the first diagnosis for a number of such names, regarded himself as the legitimate author. Boulenger, and a number of others, regarded these genera as Cope's. The present rules do not require diagnosis of genera; they do require type designation, and under these rules such genera as Fitzinger's are valid. This list of Cope genera does not include any such names.

“Nomenclator Zoologicus”

WE have received a sample part of the “Nomenclator Zoologicus”, edited by Dr. S. A. Neave. of which the first volume is about to be published by the Zoological Society. The work, which will be completed in four volumes, aims at giving “as complete a record as possible of the bibliographical origins of the name of every genus and subgenus in zoology published since 1758, the date of the tenth edition of Linnæus’ ‘Systema Naturæ’, up to the end of the year 1935”. Up to 1850, not only the generic but also the specific names are indexed in Sherborn's monumental “Index Animalium”. Since that date, however, the scale of zoological publication has increased so vastly that a continuation of “Sherborn” would be a task of overwhelming magnitude Even in the all-important matter of generic names the systematist has been compelled to spend much’ time and labour in tracing their origin and in trying to avoid re-inventing old names for new genera. The “Nomenclator Animalium generum et subgenerum” published by the Prussian Academy of Sciences, begun in 1926, was designed to remedy this state of affairs, but it has been making its appearance in so leisurely a fashion that, although already thirteen years out of date, it is not yet completed. Dr. Neave, who has had the assistance of the specialists on the staff of the British Museum (Natural History), as well as of many other zoologists in Great Britain and abroad, hopes to complete publication by the end of 1940. Apart from cross-references and variations in spelling, he and his collaborators have collected about 192,000 generic names, of which at least 5,000 have escaped inclusion in former nomenclators and in the “Zoological Record”. No doubt many omissions remain to be discovered, and zoologists are asked to send a note of any they may find so that they may be included in a supplementary list at the end of the last volume.

The Zoological Record

THIS essential instrument of zoological research, published under the auspices of the Zoological Society of London, still requires further financial support. The statement of the ‘Record Fund’ in the report of the Council of the Zoological Society for 1935 shows that the sums received from the contributing societies were just sufficient to meet the loss on vol. 71 for 1934, and that the continuation of the Zoological Record is made possible only by the support given to it by the Zoological and other contributing societies. The British Association Committee formed for the support of the Record proposes that an annual grant of £50 should be repeated in 1937.

Dementia nomenclatorica americana

FOLLOWING upon the protests against the proliferation of nomenclature in the Foraminifera that have appeared in NATURE, I observe that in the fascicle of Protozoa in the ” Zoological Record” for 1934 three hundred and fifty-four new genera, species and varieties are added to the nomenclature.

A Postscript Upon the ” Origin (and Development) of Species”

In the foregoing article Dr. Dighton Thomas has efficiently dispelled the somewhat widely-spread illusion that Foraminifera, per se, especially certain genera and species, indicate the occurrence of mineral oil at a given depth. There are certain ascertained phenomena which indicate the presence of oil in a district, and it is when the ‘show’ has been observed and noted, that the importance of the Foramiriifera to the ‘petroleum geologist’ becomes apparent. A word of warning to the young geologist, who has now become a necessary official attached to every petroleum company of any importance, should perhaps be added: Let him firmly ignore what Earland has rightly called “the spate of literature” and I have called “the proliferation of nomenclature”. The in dustrious Dr. Hans E. Thalmann has recorded three hundred and eight papers on the Foraminifera published in the years 1931 and 1932, and to these may be added scores of later papers noted in the “Zoological Record” and in the lists periodically published by Dr. Cushman since that date.

Zoological Society of London

THE report of the Zoological Society for 1932 impresses with the magnitude of the undertaking: a membership of 8,307, a visitors' list of more than a million and a half, an annual income of £130,403 and expenditure of £128,803, and a surplus of assets over liabilities amounting to £143,413. In spite of their magnitude the figures, compared with those of the past four years, show some effect of the present financial stress, but this has scarcely affected the steady progress made in the Gardens in London and at Whipsnade. The health of the animals has improved, a noteworthy record being the absence of any death from tuberculosis amongst the primates, whereas in 1926, 43 died from this disease alone. The architectural experiment of a new gorilla house of unique construction (see NATURE of May 6, p. 646) should contribute further to the health of animals admittedly difficult to keep in captivity. The position of the “Zoological Record” Fund has improved, but the loss on each volume is still much greater than the £500 per annum contributed by the Society, and societies, institutions and individuals who wish the “Record” to be maintained are requested to support the “Record Fund” by annual donations. Appeal is also made for contributions towards the maintenance of the famous herd of Chillingham Park white cattle, since a sum of £500 per annum is required to meet the rental of the Park at Chillingham Castle in Northumberland, which has been leased for seven years with the object of preserving the herd.

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The Forty-Fourth Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union

THE second Pittsburgh meeting, held October 19-22, 1936, was well attended by members and visitors from widely separated places. Headquarters were at the Hotel Schenley where the business sessions and the annual dinner were held. The public sessions were held in the lecture hall and gallery of botany of the Carnegie Museum. Business Sessions:-The meetings on Monday included two sessions of the Council, a meeting of the Fellows at 4 p.m., and a meeting of the Fellows and Members at 8 p.m. At the meeting of the Fellows, H. L. Stoddard, G. M. Sutton, and Josselyn Van Tyne were elected to fill vacancies in the list, and at the evening meeting attended by 26 Fellows and 30 Members, 7 Members were added to the list. The report of the Secretary showed a total membership of about 2000; the Treasurer reported receipts of $7129.66, disbursements of $6499.13, and a balance of $630.53 on hand September 30, 1936; while the report of the Trustees presented in detail the condition of the permanent funds of the Union. The elections resulted in the addition of three Fellows, one Corresponding Fellow, seven Members, and 196 Associates. The officers and Council of 1935 were all re-elected, and under the new By-laws two Members, W. I. Lyon and James Savage, were added to the Council. The most important business transacted was the adoption of ten amendments to the By-laws designed to give additional privileges to Members and to expedite elections at the annual meetings. Members may now hold the offices of Secretary, Treasurer and Member of the Council. The Council was increased to nine members, divided into three groups, serving for one, two, and three years, respectively, and the two additional places were filled by Members. Fellows and Members are now elected by a two-thirds instead of a three-fourths vote of those present. Retired Fellows are known as Fellows Emeritus, and officers, instead of assuming office immediately upon election, retire at the close of the meeting at which their successors are elected or when their successors qualify. Dr. Witmer Stone retired as Editor of 'The Auk' after 25 years service and Dr. Glover M. Allen was elected as his successor. The usual contribution was made to the Zoological Society of London in support of the 'Zoological Record,' and appreciation of the numerous courtesies extended to the Union was expressed by the adoption of resolutions to the Director of the Carnegie Museum, the Local Committee on Arrangements, and the Board of State Game Commissioners.