Material Zoológico depositado nas coleções sistemáticas de entomologia do INPA, resultante do "Projeto INPA/MAX-PLANK" (Convênio CNPq/MGP)

Catalogue of type specimens of invertebrates in the collection of the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil: I. Acanthocephala, Nematoda, and Rotifera

“…Gel., II/71" (Igarapé Curui is a southern tributary of the Amazon river between Santo Antônio do Içá and São Paulo da Olivença, state of Amazonas, Brazil). ADIS et al (1985) mentioned that the specimen in this slide is the holotype. However, KOSTE (1972: 405) did not designate a holotype and he did not include this locality among the occurrences of the material mentioned by him in the original description of this subspecies, which were "Poço II bei Maués, 26.i.1941" (locality # 25), "Rio Cupari, lower Rio Tapajós, 29.vii.1946" (locality # 70), and "Rio Maués-açú, 15.xi.1959.…”

“…As of July 2005, the Acanthocephala collection was composed of five nominal fish parasite species and included 10 lots (3 of holotypes; 6 of paratypes) with 36 specimens; the Nematoda collection had 11 nominal fish parasite species and included 33 lots (9 of holotypes; 16 of paratypes), with 134 specimens; the Rotifera collection had 73 free-living nominal species and subspecies and included 95 lots (12 of holotypes; 6 of lectotypes; 9 of paratypes; 5 of paralectotypes), with 96 specimens and one trophi preparation. Material of 42 out of the 95 species of Rotifera listed by ADIS et al (1985) as having been deposited by the scientific staff and associates of the Max-Planck Institut for Limnology (Plön, Germany) between 1940 and 1982 in INPA's collection was not found. This material may have either been misplaced in the Collection or perhaps it is still being kept by specialists.…”

“…The holdings of Acanthocephala, Nematoda and Rotifera in the Invertebrate Collection resulted from the systematic and faunistic studies of INPA's researchers and collaborators. The material came primarily from field work of the scientific staff of INPA and of foreign institutions working in collaboration with INPA, particularly the "Max-Planck-Institut für Limnologie, Arbeitsgruppe Tropenökologie" (Plön, Germany) (ADIS et al 1985). All specimens are preserved as microscope slide preparations, except for some Nematoda specimens stored in glass vials and preserved in 70% ethanol.…”

“…Remarks: These specimens were listed as syntypes in previews catalogues (RATCLIFFE & PENNY 1978b, RAFAEL et al 1983). However, Koste, in a personal communication to ADIS et al (1985), indicated which slide should be the holotype. As the author did not designate the type material in the original publication (KOSTE 1972), such indication should be considered lecto-and paralectotype designations according to the Article 74.5 of the ICZN (1999 nal description (0550a-b) was a print mistake for 050.…”

“…Remarks: These specimens were listed as syntypes in former catalogues (RATCLIFFE & PENNY 1978b, RAFAEL et al 1983). However, Koste in a personal communication to ADIS et al (1985) indicated which slide should be the holotype.…”