Zalmoxis ponapeus (Roewer, 1949) Roewer, 1949
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.206628 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6194406 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039387B3-FFD9-914C-AF97-43EAFBE70687 |
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Zalmoxis ponapeus (Roewer, 1949) |
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comb. nov. |
Zalmoxis ponapeus (Roewer, 1949) View in CoL new combination, revalidated
Euzalmoxis ponapea Roewer, 1949a View in CoL , p. 24, figs. 30a–d (pl. 4) [junior subjective synonym of Parazalmoxida solitaria Roewer, 1917 View in CoL , by Goodnight & Goodnight (1957), synonymy herein disclaimed].
Zalmoxis solitaria View in CoL [partim.]: Goodnight & Goodnight, 1957, p. 81–83.
Record. * Ponape, Caroline Islands.
Remarks. Goodnight & Goodnight (1957) did not observe any specimens resembling what Roewer (1949b) described as Euzalmoxis ponapea , but nevertheless synonymized Parazalmoxida solitaria and Euzalmoxis ponapea as Zalmoxis solitaria on the basis of close similarities between specimens available to them from Jaluit and Ponape. The synonymy was erroneous; there are clear differences between Roewer's " Parazalmoxida " and " Euzalmoxis " from Micronesian islands (namely, differences in size, shape, and length of appendages). The Goodnights were clearly (as they themselves conceded) looking at one widespread species (" Parazalmoxida ") and making an assumption about another within the range of the first. We resurrect Euzalmoxis ponapea , but follow Goodnight & Goodnight (1957) with respect to the synonymy of Euzalmoxis with Zalmoxis .
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Zalmoxis ponapeus (Roewer, 1949)
Sharma, Prashant P., Kury, Adriano B. & Giribet, Gonzalo 2011 |
Euzalmoxis ponapea
Roewer 1949 |
Parazalmoxida solitaria
Roewer 1917 |