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Volume 58, Part 2, 29 June 2001, pp. 77-160 ISSN 0007-5167 JUL 2001 )* Original from and digitized by National University of Singapore Libraries THE BULLETIN OF ZOOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE The Bulletin is published four times a year for the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature by the International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, a charity (no. 211944) registered in England. The annual subscription for 2001 is £115 or $210, postage included. All manuscripts, letters and orders should be sent to: The Executive Secretary, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, c/o The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, U.K. (Tel. 020 7942 5653) (e-mail: [email protected]) (http://www.iczn.org) INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON ZOOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE Officers President Prof A. Minelli {Italy) Vice-President Dr W. N. Eschmeyer (U.S.A.) Executive Secretary Dr P. K. Tubbs (United Kingdom) Members Dr M. Alonso-Zarazaga Prof Dr G. Lamas (Peru; Lepidoptera) (Spain; Coleoptera) Dr E. Macpherson (Spain; Crustacea) Prof W. J. Bock (U.S.A.; Ornithology) Dr V. Mahnert Prof Dr W. Bohme (Switzerland; Ichthyology) (Germany; Amphibia, Reptilia) Prof U. R. Martins de Souza Prof P. Bouchet (France; Mollusca) (Brazil; Coleoptera) Prof D. J. Brothers Prof S. F. Mawatari (Japan; Bryozoa) (South Africa; Hymenoptera) Prof A. Minelli (Italy; Myriapoda) Dr D. R. Calder (Canada; Cnidaria) Dr P. K. L. Ng (Singapore; DrH.G.Cogger (Australia; Herpetology) Crustacea, Ichthyology) Prof C. Dupuis (France; Heteroptera) Dr C. Nielsen (Denmark; Bryozoa) Dr W. N. Eschmeyer Dr L. Papp (Hungary; Diptera) (U.S.A.; Ichthyology) Prof D. J. Patterson (Australia; Protista) Dr N. L. Evenhuis (U.S.A.; Diptera) Dr G. Rosenberg (U.S.A.; Mollusca) Prof R. A. Fortey (U.K.; Trilobita) Prof D. X. Song (China; Hirudinea) Dr R. B. Halliday (Australia; Acari) Dr P. Stys (Czech Republic; Heteroptera) Dr I. M. Kerzhner (Russia; Heteroptera) Dr J. Van Tol Prof Dr O. Kraus (The Netherlands; Odonata) (Germany; Arachnology) Secretariat Dr P. K. Tubbs (Executive Secretary and Editor) Mr J. D. D. Smith, B.Sc., B.A. (Scientific Administrator) Mrs A. Gentry, B.Sc. (Zoologist) Officers of the International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature Prof S. Conway Morris, F.R.S. (Chairman) Dr M. K. Howarth (Secretary and Managing Director) © International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature 2001 Original from and digitized by National University of Singapore Libraries Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 58(2) June 2001 77 BULLETIN OF ZOOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE Volume 58, part 2 (pp. 77-160) 29 June 2001 Notices (a) Invitation to comment. The Commission is authorised to vote on applications published in the Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature six months after their publi¬ cation but this period is normally extended to enable comments to be submitted. Any zoologist who wishes to comment on any of the applications is invited to send his contribution to the Executive Secretary of the Commission as quickly as possible. (b) Invitation to contribute general articles. At present the Bulletin comprises mainly applications concerning names of particular animals or groups of animals, resulting comments and the Commission's eventual rulings (Opinions). Proposed amendments to the Code are also published for discussion. Articles or notes of a more general nature are actively welcomed provided that they raise nomenclatural issues, although they may well deal with taxonomic matters for illustrative purposes. It should be the aim of such contributions to interest an audience wider than some small group of specialists. (c) Receipt ofnew applications. The following new applications have been received since going to press for volume 58, part 1 (published on 30 March 2001). Under Article 82 of the Code, existing usage is to be maintained until the ruling of the Commission is published. (1) Tetrapedia Klug, 1810, T. diversipes Klug, 1810 and Exomalopsis Spinola, 1853 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): proposed conservation of usage of the names by the designation of a neotype for T. diversipes. (Case 3184). C.D. Michener & J.S. Moure. (2) Nemotois violellus Stainton, 1851 (currently Nemophora violellus; Insecta, Lepidoptera): proposed conservation of the specific name. (Case 3188). M.V. Kozlov. (3) Ammotrecha Banks, 1900 and Anvnotrechula Roewer, 1934 (Arachnida, Solifugae): proposed conservation by the designation of Galeodes limbata Lucas, 1835 as the type species of Ammotrecha-, and Eremobates Banks, 1900 and Eremorhax Roewer, 1934: proposed conservation by the designation of Galeodes pallipes Say, 1823 as the type species of Eremobates. (Case 3189). M.S. Harvey. (4) Chlorops meigenii Loew, 1866 (Insecta, Diptera): proposed conservation of the specific name. (Case 3190). E.P. Nartshuk. (5) Pareiasaurus karpinskii Amalitskii, 1922 (currently Scutosaurus karpinskir, Reptilia, Pareiasauria): proposed conservation of the specific name. (Case 3191). M.S.Y. Lee. Original from and digitized by National University of Singapore Libraries 78 Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 58(2) June 2001 (6) enidae Woodward, 1903 (1880) (Mollusca, Gastropoda): proposed precedence over buliminusidae Kobelt, 1880 (proposed emended spelling » of buliminidae to remove homonymy with buliminidae Jones, 1875 (Rhizopoda, Foraminiferida)). (Case 3192). B. Hausdorf. (7) Chrysodema Laporte & Gory, 1835 and Iridotaenia Deyrolle, 1864 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed conservation of usage by the designation of C. sonnerati Laporte & Gory, 1835 and C. sumptuosa Laporte & Gory, 1835 as the respective type species. (Case 3193). C.L. Bellamy. (8) Lius Deyrolle, 1864 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed conservation. (Case 3194). C.L. Bellamy. (9) Polonograptus Tsegelnjuk, 1976 (Graptolithina): proposed designation of P. podoliensis Pribyl, 1983 as the type species. (Case 3195). J.F. Riva, R.B. Rickards & T.N. Koren. (10) Ctenotus decaneurus yampiensis Storr, 1975 (currently C. yampiensis; Reptilia, Sauria): proposed designation of a neotype. (Case 3196). L.A. Smith. (11) Glassia Davidson, 1881 (Brachiopoda): proposed designation of G. elongata Davidson, 1881 as the type species. (Case 3197). P. Copper. (12) Heteromesus Richardson, 1908 (Crustacea, Isopoda): proposed designation of H. granulatus Richardson, 1908 as the type species. (Case 3198). K.L. Merrin & G.C.B. Poore. (13) Limacina Bosc, 1817 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): proposed precedence over Spiratella de Blainville, 1817. (Case 3199). A.W. Janssen & I. Zorn. (14) Gryllus brachypterus Ocskay, 1826 (currently Euthystira brachyptera) and G. brachypterus de Haan in Temminck, 1842 (currently Duolandrevus brachy¬ pterus) (Insecta, Orthoptera): proposed conservation of the specific names. (Case 3200). H. Baur & A. Coray. (15) Scarabaeus punctatus Villers, 1789 (currently Pentodon bidens punctatus; Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed conservation of the specific name. (Case 3201). F.-T. Krell. (16) Podalgus Burmeister, 1847 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed designation of P. cuniculus Burmeister, 1847 as the type species. (Case 3202). F.-T. Krell. (d) Rulings of the Commission. Each Opinion published in the Bulletin constitutes an official ruling of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, by virtue of the votes recorded, and comes into force on the day of publication of the Bulletin. Election of members of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature The following have been elected as members of the Commission: Prof Dr WOLFGANG BOHME (Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, 150-164 Adenauerallee, D-5300 Berlin 1, Germany). Prof Bohme has worked in many fields of amphibian and reptile biology, and is the Editor of the Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas. Dr NEAL L. EVENHUIS (Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817-2704, U.S.A.). Dr Evenhuis has published many research and bibliographic papers on Diptera, and has been involved in the preparation of major catalogues of existing and fossil flies. Original from and digitized by National University of Singapore Libraries Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 58(2) June 2001 79 Prof RICHARD A. FORTEY (Department of Palaeontology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, U.K.). Prof Fortey's main research area is trilobites, but he has published papers and books (for both specialist and general readers) on many aspects of paleobiology and stratigraphy. Dr R. BRUCE HALLIDAY (CSIRO Division of Entomology, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia). Dr Halliday has published over 50 books and major papers on various aspects of acarology. He is curator of the Arachnida section of the Australian National Insect collection. Dr JAN VAN TOL (Naturalis (Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum), Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR Leiden, The Netherlands). Dr Van Tol's main research field is European and Southeast Asian Odonata; he is Editor of Tijdschrift voor Entomologie and curator of Orthoptera and Odonata at the Naturalis Museum in Leiden. The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature The new and extensively revised 4th Edition of the International Code ofZoological Nomenclature (ISBN 0 85301 006 4) was published (in a bilingual volume in English and French) in August 1999. It came into effect on 1 January 2000 and entirely supersedes the 3rd (1985) edition. The price of the English and French volume of the 4th Edition is £40 or $65; the following discounts are offered: Individual members of a scientific society are offered a discount of 25% (price £30 or $48); the name and address of the society
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    Advertisement calls, notes on natural history, and distribution of Leptodactylus chaquensis (Amphibia: Anura: Leptodactylidae) in Brasil W. Ronald Heyer* and Ariovaldo A. Giaretta (WRH) Amphibians and Reptiles, MRC 162, P.O. Box 37012, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 20013-7012, U.S.A., e-mail: [email protected]; (AAG) Universidade Federal Uberlaˆndia, 38400-902 Uberlaˆndia, Minas Gerais, Brasil, e-mail: [email protected] PROCEEDINGS OF THE BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 122(3):292–305. 2009. Advertisement calls, notes on natural history, and distribution of Leptodactylus chaquensis (Amphibia: Anura: Leptodactylidae) in Brasil W. Ronald Heyer* and Ariovaldo A. Giaretta (WRH) Amphibians and Reptiles, MRC 162, P.O. Box 37012, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 20013-7012, U.S.A., e-mail: [email protected]; (AAG) Universidade Federal Uberlaˆndia, 38400-902 Uberlaˆndia, Minas Gerais, Brasil, e-mail: [email protected] Abstract.—Three types of advertisement calls of Leptodactylus chaquensis from the Cerrado of Minas Gerais, Brasil are described – growls, grunts, and trills. Additional variation includes calls that start with growls andend with trills. The growl call has not been reported previously. Tadpoles are described and agree with previous descriptions. A female was found associated with tadpoles for at least 20 d. The female communicated with the tadpoles by pumping behavior and also exhibited aggressive behavior toward potential predators. The data reported herein are the first conclusive evidence that L. chaquensis occurs in the Cerrado of Minas Gerais. Other reported Brasilian records for L. chaquensis come from the southern portion of the Cerrado. Additional field work is necessary to determine whether L. chaquensis occurs in the northern Cerrado (in the states of Bahia, Distrito Federal, Maranha˜o, Para´, and Tocantins).
  • Insights Into the Natural History of the Endemic Harlequin Toad, Atelopus Laetissimus Ruiz-Carranza, Ardila-Robayo, and Hernánd

    Insights Into the Natural History of the Endemic Harlequin Toad, Atelopus Laetissimus Ruiz-Carranza, Ardila-Robayo, and Hernánd

    Offcial journal website: Amphibian & Reptile Conservation amphibian-reptile-conservation.org 14(1) [General Section]: 29–42 (e221). Insights into the natural history of the endemic Harlequin Toad, Atelopus laetissimus Ruiz-Carranza, Ardila-Robayo, and Hernández-Camacho, 1994 (Anura: Bufonidae), in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia 1,*Hernán D. Granda-Rodríguez, 2Andrés Camilo Montes-Correa, 3Juan David Jiménez-Bolaño, 4Alberto J. Alaniz, 5Pedro E. Cattan, and 6Patricio Hernáez 1Programa de Ingeniería Ambiental, Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad de Cundinamarca, Facatativá, COLOMBIA 2,3Grupo de Investigación en Manejo y Conservación de Fauna, Flora y Ecosistemas Estratégicos Neotropicales (MIKU), Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, COLOMBIA 4Centro de Estudios en Ecología Espacial y Medio Ambiente, Ecogeografía, Santiago, CHILE 5Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias y Pecuarias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, CHILE 6Centro de Estudios Marinos y Limnológicos, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, CHILE Abstract.—Atelopus laetissimus is a bufonid toad that inhabits the mountainous areas of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (SNSM), Colombia. This species is endemic and endangered, so information about its ecology and distribution are crucial for the conservation of this toad. Here, the relative abundance, habitat and microhabitat uses, and vocalization of A. laetissimus are described from the San Lorenzo creek in the SNSM, as well as its potential distribution in the SNSM. To this end, 447 individuals were analyzed during several sampling trips from 2010 to 2012. Against expectations, population density was signifcantly higher in the stream than in the riparian forest. Overall, A. laetissimus used seven different diurnal microhabitats, with a high preference for leaf litter substrates and rocks.
  • Description of a New Reproductive Mode in Leptodactylus (Anura, Leptodactylidae), with a Review of the Reproductive Specialization Toward Terrestriality in the Genus

    Description of a New Reproductive Mode in Leptodactylus (Anura, Leptodactylidae), with a Review of the Reproductive Specialization Toward Terrestriality in the Genus

    U'/Jeia,2002(4), pp, 1128-1133 Description of a New Reproductive Mode in Leptodactylus (Anura, Leptodactylidae), with a Review of the Reproductive Specialization toward Terrestriality in the Genus CYNTHIA P. DE A. PRADO,MASAO UETANABARO,AND Ctuo F. B. HADDAD The genus Leptodactylusprovides an example among anurans in which there is an evident tendency toward terrestrial reproduction. Herein we describe a new repro- ductive mode for the frog Leptodactyluspodicipinus, a member of the "melanonotus" group. This new reproductive mode represents one of the intermediate steps from the most aquatic to the most terrestrial modes reported in the genus. Three repro- ductive modes were previously recognized for the genus Leptodactylus.However, based on our data, and on several studies on Leptodactylusspecies that have been published since the last reviews, we propose a new classification, with the addition of two modes for the genus. T HE concept of reproductive mode in am- demonstrated by species of the "fuscus" and phibians was defined by Salthe (1969) and "marmaratus" groups. Heyer (1974) placed the Sallie and Duellman (1973) as being a combi- "marmaratus" species group in the genus Aden- nation of traits that includes oviposition site, omera.Species in the "fuscus" group have foam ovum and clutch characteristics, rate and dura- nests that are placed on land in subterranean tion of development, stage and size of hatch- chambers constructed by males; exotrophic lar- ling, and type of parental care, if any. For an- vae in advanced stages are released through urans, Duellman (1985) and Duellman and floods or rain into lentic or lotic water bodies.