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Psyllocamptus (Langpsyllocamptus) Kunz, 1975
465366 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:465366)
unaccepted > nomen nudum
Subgenus
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Kunz, H. (1975). Copepoda Harpacticoida aus dem Litoral des südlichen Afrika. I. Teil. Kieler Meeresforschungen 31(2):179-212, figs. 1-294, pls. 1-30, tabs. 1-7. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
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Taxonomy
Psyllocamptus (Langpsyllocamptus) Kunz, 1975b (Family Ameiridae)
T. Scott (1899b: 254) proposed the genus Psyllocamptus...
Psyllocamptus (Langpsyllocamptus) Kunz, 1975b (Family Ameiridae)
T. Scott (1899b: 254) proposed the genus Psyllocamptus...
Taxonomy
Psyllocamptus (Langpsyllocamptus) Kunz, 1975b (Family Ameiridae)
T. Scott (1899b: 254) proposed the genus Psyllocamptus for Psyllocamptus fairliensis T. Scott, 1899b which, according to Lang (1948: 826), is a junior subjective synonym of Mesochra propinqua T. Scott, 1896 = Psyllocamptus propinquus (T. Scott, 1896) (type by monotypy). Subsequent to the addition of five more species, Kunz (1975b: 188) divided the genus in the nominotypical subgenus Psyllocamptus and a new subgenus Langpsyllocamptus, to which he assigned P. triarticulatus Lang, 1965, P. quinquespinosus Coull, 1970 and two new species, P. longisetosus and P. quadrospinosus. The genus-group name Langpsyllocamptus Kunz, 1975b cannot be used as an available subgeneric name since no type was designated by Kunz (1975b). Neither Ceccherelli (1988) who provided a key to species, nor Gómez (2002b) who made a significant contribution to the systematics of the genus Psyllocamptus, made the subgenus Langpsyllocamptus available. Instead of re-introducing the latter name by satisfying the provisions of ICZN Arts 13.1, 13.3 and 16.1 it is opted here for abolishing Kunz’s subgeneric division since it was based on a single character, i.e. the endopodal segmentation of leg 1. The subgenus Langpsyllocamptus is characterized solely by the plesiomorphic 3-segmented state of this character and consequently is likely to be a paraphyletic taxon. Gómez (2002b) recently added credence to this supposition by describing two new species, P. bermudae Gómez, 2002b and P. totoramensis Gómez, 2002b, which seem to link the two subgenera. Note that Bodin (1997) erroneously listed P. fuegiensis Pallares, 1982a under the subgenus Langpsyllocamptus; perhaps for this reason, it was also left out in Gómez’s (2002b: 86) recent key to species of the subgenus Psyllocamptus. [details]
Psyllocamptus (Langpsyllocamptus) Kunz, 1975b (Family Ameiridae)
T. Scott (1899b: 254) proposed the genus Psyllocamptus for Psyllocamptus fairliensis T. Scott, 1899b which, according to Lang (1948: 826), is a junior subjective synonym of Mesochra propinqua T. Scott, 1896 = Psyllocamptus propinquus (T. Scott, 1896) (type by monotypy). Subsequent to the addition of five more species, Kunz (1975b: 188) divided the genus in the nominotypical subgenus Psyllocamptus and a new subgenus Langpsyllocamptus, to which he assigned P. triarticulatus Lang, 1965, P. quinquespinosus Coull, 1970 and two new species, P. longisetosus and P. quadrospinosus. The genus-group name Langpsyllocamptus Kunz, 1975b cannot be used as an available subgeneric name since no type was designated by Kunz (1975b). Neither Ceccherelli (1988) who provided a key to species, nor Gómez (2002b) who made a significant contribution to the systematics of the genus Psyllocamptus, made the subgenus Langpsyllocamptus available. Instead of re-introducing the latter name by satisfying the provisions of ICZN Arts 13.1, 13.3 and 16.1 it is opted here for abolishing Kunz’s subgeneric division since it was based on a single character, i.e. the endopodal segmentation of leg 1. The subgenus Langpsyllocamptus is characterized solely by the plesiomorphic 3-segmented state of this character and consequently is likely to be a paraphyletic taxon. Gómez (2002b) recently added credence to this supposition by describing two new species, P. bermudae Gómez, 2002b and P. totoramensis Gómez, 2002b, which seem to link the two subgenera. Note that Bodin (1997) erroneously listed P. fuegiensis Pallares, 1982a under the subgenus Langpsyllocamptus; perhaps for this reason, it was also left out in Gómez’s (2002b: 86) recent key to species of the subgenus Psyllocamptus. [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2024). World of Copepods Database. Psyllocamptus (Langpsyllocamptus) Kunz, 1975. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=465366 on 2024-04-20
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Kunz, H. (1975). Copepoda Harpacticoida aus dem Litoral des südlichen Afrika. I. Teil. Kieler Meeresforschungen 31(2):179-212, figs. 1-294, pls. 1-30, tabs. 1-7. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Huys, R. (2009). Unresolved cases of type fixation, synonymy and homonymy in harpacticoid copepod nomenclature (Crustacea: Copepoda). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2183:1-99., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/2/zt02183p099.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
[request] additional source Huys, R. (2009). Unresolved cases of type fixation, synonymy and homonymy in harpacticoid copepod nomenclature (Crustacea: Copepoda). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2183:1-99., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/2/zt02183p099.pdf [details] Available for editors
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Taxonomy Psyllocamptus (Langpsyllocamptus) Kunz, 1975b (Family Ameiridae)
T. Scott (1899b: 254) proposed the genus Psyllocamptus for Psyllocamptus fairliensis T. Scott, 1899b which, according to Lang (1948: 826), is a junior subjective synonym of Mesochra propinqua T. Scott, 1896 = Psyllocamptus propinquus (T. Scott, 1896) (type by monotypy). Subsequent to the addition of five more species, Kunz (1975b: 188) divided the genus in the nominotypical subgenus Psyllocamptus and a new subgenus Langpsyllocamptus, to which he assigned P. triarticulatus Lang, 1965, P. quinquespinosus Coull, 1970 and two new species, P. longisetosus and P. quadrospinosus. The genus-group name Langpsyllocamptus Kunz, 1975b cannot be used as an available subgeneric name since no type was designated by Kunz (1975b). Neither Ceccherelli (1988) who provided a key to species, nor Gómez (2002b) who made a significant contribution to the systematics of the genus Psyllocamptus, made the subgenus Langpsyllocamptus available. Instead of re-introducing the latter name by satisfying the provisions of ICZN Arts 13.1, 13.3 and 16.1 it is opted here for abolishing Kunz’s subgeneric division since it was based on a single character, i.e. the endopodal segmentation of leg 1. The subgenus Langpsyllocamptus is characterized solely by the plesiomorphic 3-segmented state of this character and consequently is likely to be a paraphyletic taxon. Gómez (2002b) recently added credence to this supposition by describing two new species, P. bermudae Gómez, 2002b and P. totoramensis Gómez, 2002b, which seem to link the two subgenera. Note that Bodin (1997) erroneously listed P. fuegiensis Pallares, 1982a under the subgenus Langpsyllocamptus; perhaps for this reason, it was also left out in Gómez’s (2002b: 86) recent key to species of the subgenus Psyllocamptus. [details]
