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Zoology Publications from Victoria University of Wellington—Nos. 68, 69 and 70

Family Ameiridae

Family Ameiridae

1. Leptomesochra sp. Bodin, 1970 is identified by Bodin (1972) as Mesochra pygmaea; delete from KGG 1 (p.102).
2.KGG 1:
(a) Karllangia tertia Kunz, 1975, to codon for K. psammophila (p.101).
(b) Parapseudoleptomesochra dubia Kunz, 1975, new codon (p. 102) —
3:3/3:3:3/3:3:2/4/0.
3.KGG 300 (pp.107-108):
(a) Sarsameira elegantula Kunz, 1975, new codon—
s/1:1:1/1:1:1/4:4:4/2.
(b) Stenocopia longiseta: Kunz (1975) describes the female (see footnote a).
(c) Nitocrella stygia Apostolov, 1976 and N. hibernica bulgarica Apostolov, 1976, are not this genus but Nitocra; to codon for Nitocra e).
(d) Psyllocamptus (Langpsyllocamptus) longisetosus Kunz, 1975, new codon—
s/0:0:0/0:0:0/3:3:3/1-2.
4.KGG 330 (p.111): Nitocra sewelli huntsmani Kunz, 1976, new codon—
7:7:7/1:1:1/5:6/3:6,
and indicate in KGG 500 (p.117) that the codon refers to the nominate subspecies only.
5.KGG 400 (p.114):
(a) Ameira usitata is redescribed by Kunz (1975): delete from footnote b) (p. 116) and add new codon—
0:0:0/1:1:1/1:1:1/4:5:5/4:5/3(?):5.
(b) Psyllocamptus (Langpsyllocamptus) quadrispinosus Kunz, 1975, new codon—
0:0:0/0:0:0/0:0:0/3:3:3/5:4/?.
6. Psyllocamptus is divided by Kunz (1975) into two sub-genera:
Psyllocamptus s.str. for monachus (KGG 1) (p.101), carolinensis (KGG 1) (p.101), propinquus (KGG 100) (p.105), minutus (KGG 200) (p.106) and bermudae (KGG 200) (p.106);
Langpsyllocamptus nov. for quinquespinosus (KGG 300) (p.108), longisetosus (KGG 300) (see note 3 above), triarticulatus (KGG 400) (p.114) and quadrispinosus (KGG 400) (see note 5 above). page 5
7. Ameiropsis australis Kunz, 1975: Kunz states that P.1 Exp.2 has a very reduced, hair-like inner seta. As this is not a very obvious structure it may be best to place the species in both KGG 300 and 400, with an appropriate note. In KGG 400 (p.114) place a new codon—
1:1:1/1:1:1/1:1:1/4:5:5/5:5/3:5.
In KGG 300 (p.107) A. australis keys out with Sarsameira exilis and S. peresi, s/1:1:1/1:1:1/4:5:5/2. This codon should now lead to KGG 350, a new KGG defined as follows—
KGG 350 — characters
1.A.1♀
n — number of segments.
2.P.2-P.4 Exp.3
n:n:n — number of setae and/or spines on P.2, P.3 and P.4 respectively.
3.P.5♀
n :n — number of seteae on Benp. and Exp. respectively.
4.P.5♂
n :n — number of setae on Benp. and Exp. respectively.
KGG 350
A.1.♀ segs. P.2-P.4 Exp.3 setae P.5 ♀ setae P.5 ♂ setae
9 7:7:7 5:6 5:6 Sarsameira exilis
9 6:7:8 5:6 ? S. peresi
8 6:6:7 5:5 3:5 Ameiropsis australis Kunz, 1975
8.Petkovski (1976) has revised Nitocrella. He removes some species to Parapseudoleptomesochra and erects two new genera, Nitocrellopsis and Stygonitocrella. He describes three new species of Nitocrella s.str. and follows Borutzky (1969) in placing Sterba's (1968) species Spelaeocamptus asiaticus and S. reductus in Nitocrella s.str. However, it must be noted that Borutzky's renaming of S. reductus as N. sterbai is not valid. Borutzky apparently was unaware that Noodt (1957) has already returned Nitocrella reducta (Schäfer) to the genus Nitocra. Sterba's original name must be restored and N. sterbai lapse as a synonym of N. reducta (Sterba). Petkovski's revision requires the following amendments to the Keys—
(a)KGG 1:
(i) Nitocrella d) (p.102) becomes Parapseudoleptomesochra d) with consequent change to footnote d) (p.104).
(ii) Nitocrella g) and h) (p.103) become Stygonitocrella g) and h) respectively, with consequent changes to the appropriate footnotes (p.104).
(iii)On p.102 the species Nitocrella tridens, botosaneanui, subterranea and heruridensis are removed to Parapseudoleptomesochra and the species Nitocrella intermedia, elegans and ionelli are removed to Nitocrellopsis.page 6
(iv)On p.103 the species Nitocrella karamam, colchica, dubia, insularis, ljovuschkini and orghidani are removed to Stygonitocrella.
(b)KGG 600 (pp. 118-119): The following new codons are to be added—
4:4:6/1:1:1/2:2:2/2-3:4/2 :4 Nitocrella caraioni Petkovski, 1976
4:4:6/1:1:1/2:2:2/0:4/0:5 N. motasiPetkovski, 1976
4:4:5/1:1:1/2:2:2/3:4/2:5 N. cubanorum Petkovski, 1976
4:4:5/1:1:1/2:2:2/0:2/? N. asiatica (Sterba, 1968)
4:4:5/1:1:1/2:2:2/4b)/? N. reducta (Sterba, 1968)
with the footnote—
b) p.5 reduced to a single plate.
(c)General Notes item 6 (p.123): This comment now applies to the four genera Nitocrella, Nitocrellopsis, Stygonitocrella and Parapseudoleptomesochra.