DISTRIBUTION: western Canada and western
USA.
COMMENTS: redescribed by Lynch (1964),
complex synonymy discussed.
Branchinecta conservatio Eng, Belk & Eriksen,
1990
TYPE: holotype (216105), paratypes (216106)
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA. Additional
paratypes (050153) California Academy of Sciences,
San Francisco, California, USA.
TYPE LOCALITY: Olcott Pool at The Nature
Conservancy's Jepson Prairie Preserve, Solano County, California, USA.
DISTRIBUTION: California, USA.
COMMENTS: candidate for endangered species
listing under USA Endangered Species Act (Federal
Register 57(90): 19856-19863)
Branchinecta cornigera Lynch, 1958
TYPE: holotype (100912), paratypes (1009l3)
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian
Institution, Washington, D.C., USA.
TYPE LOCALITY: a pond about l3.7 km
southeast of Creston in Lincoln County, Washington,
USA.
DISTRIBUTION: Oregon, Washington, USA.
COMMENTS: none.
Branchinecta dissimilis Lynch, 1972
TYPE: holotype (138888), paratypes (l38889)
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian
Institution, Washington, D.C., USA.
TYPE LOCALITY: a pond 18.5 km south of
Burns, Harney County, Oregon, USA.
DISTRIBUTION: Oregon, California, USA.
COMMENTS: none.
Branchinectaferox (Milne-Edwards, 1840)
TYPE: none designated.
TYPE LOCALITY: Odessa, south Ukraine.
DISTRIBUTION: steppes and steppe-like parts
of the Mediterranean region of Europe and North
Africa; extending in Europe through the Pannonian
lowland, and Black Sea and Caspian Sea regions into
the Tsheljabinsk region of South Transuralia and the
Perm-district in Russia (Petkovski, 1991).
COMMENTS: described in Branchipus; transferred to Branchinecta by Simon (1886); redescribed
by Petkovski (1991); use caution in evaluating reports
319
as history of confusion exists between ferox and orientalis which were first clearly distinguished by Brtek
(1962); no accurate synonym available.
Branchinecta gaini Daday, 1910b
TYPE: syntypes (DI912-37; I1A 36) Hungarian
Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary.
TYPE LOCALITY: Petermann Island, Antarctica (65 ° 1O'34"S; 66 °32'30"W)
DISTRIBUTION: Petermann Island, South
Shetland Islands, South Orkney islands, South Georgia
in Antarctica.
COMMENTS: redescribed by Linder (1941), but
see Cohen, (1992); life cycle study Jurasz et al. (1983).
Branchinecta gigas Lynch, 1937
TYPE: holotype (72572) and paratypes National
Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, D.C., USA.
TYPE LOCALITY: temporary alkali ponds in
the Upper Grand Coulee, 30.5 km north of Coulee
City, Grant County, Washington, USA.
DISTRIBUTION: western Canada and western
USA.
COMMENTS: none.
Branchinecta granulosa Daday, 1902
TYPE: syntypes (DI203-1901; I1A 184) Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary;
in poor condition.
TYPE LOCALITY: Amenkelt, Santa Cruz
Province, Argentina.
DISTRIBUTION: Chubut and Santa Cruz
Provinces, Argentina.
COMMENTS: redescribed by Cohen (1992);
Cohen (this volume) synonymizes Branchinecta santacrucensis Cesar, 1987.
Branchinecta iheringi Lilljeborg, 1889
TYPE: syntypes Zoological Museum of the University of Uppsala, Sweden.
TYPE LOCALITY: freshwater pools in Rio
Grande do SuI, Brazil.
DISTRIBUTION: type locality and Chubut
Province, Argentina.
COMMENTS: redescribed by Cesar (1988).
Branchinecta leonensis Cesar, 1987
TYPE: holotype (15-5-82 No.3), paratypes (155-82 No.4) La Plata Museum of Natural History, La
Plata, Argentina.
USA.
COMMENTS: redescribed by Lynch (1964),
complex synonymy discussed.
Branchinecta conservatio Eng, Belk & Eriksen,
1990
TYPE: holotype (216105), paratypes (216106)
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA. Additional
paratypes (050153) California Academy of Sciences,
San Francisco, California, USA.
TYPE LOCALITY: Olcott Pool at The Nature
Conservancy's Jepson Prairie Preserve, Solano County, California, USA.
DISTRIBUTION: California, USA.
COMMENTS: candidate for endangered species
listing under USA Endangered Species Act (Federal
Register 57(90): 19856-19863)
Branchinecta cornigera Lynch, 1958
TYPE: holotype (100912), paratypes (1009l3)
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian
Institution, Washington, D.C., USA.
TYPE LOCALITY: a pond about l3.7 km
southeast of Creston in Lincoln County, Washington,
USA.
DISTRIBUTION: Oregon, Washington, USA.
COMMENTS: none.
Branchinecta dissimilis Lynch, 1972
TYPE: holotype (138888), paratypes (l38889)
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian
Institution, Washington, D.C., USA.
TYPE LOCALITY: a pond 18.5 km south of
Burns, Harney County, Oregon, USA.
DISTRIBUTION: Oregon, California, USA.
COMMENTS: none.
Branchinectaferox (Milne-Edwards, 1840)
TYPE: none designated.
TYPE LOCALITY: Odessa, south Ukraine.
DISTRIBUTION: steppes and steppe-like parts
of the Mediterranean region of Europe and North
Africa; extending in Europe through the Pannonian
lowland, and Black Sea and Caspian Sea regions into
the Tsheljabinsk region of South Transuralia and the
Perm-district in Russia (Petkovski, 1991).
COMMENTS: described in Branchipus; transferred to Branchinecta by Simon (1886); redescribed
by Petkovski (1991); use caution in evaluating reports
319
as history of confusion exists between ferox and orientalis which were first clearly distinguished by Brtek
(1962); no accurate synonym available.
Branchinecta gaini Daday, 1910b
TYPE: syntypes (DI912-37; I1A 36) Hungarian
Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary.
TYPE LOCALITY: Petermann Island, Antarctica (65 ° 1O'34"S; 66 °32'30"W)
DISTRIBUTION: Petermann Island, South
Shetland Islands, South Orkney islands, South Georgia
in Antarctica.
COMMENTS: redescribed by Linder (1941), but
see Cohen, (1992); life cycle study Jurasz et al. (1983).
Branchinecta gigas Lynch, 1937
TYPE: holotype (72572) and paratypes National
Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, D.C., USA.
TYPE LOCALITY: temporary alkali ponds in
the Upper Grand Coulee, 30.5 km north of Coulee
City, Grant County, Washington, USA.
DISTRIBUTION: western Canada and western
USA.
COMMENTS: none.
Branchinecta granulosa Daday, 1902
TYPE: syntypes (DI203-1901; I1A 184) Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary;
in poor condition.
TYPE LOCALITY: Amenkelt, Santa Cruz
Province, Argentina.
DISTRIBUTION: Chubut and Santa Cruz
Provinces, Argentina.
COMMENTS: redescribed by Cohen (1992);
Cohen (this volume) synonymizes Branchinecta santacrucensis Cesar, 1987.
Branchinecta iheringi Lilljeborg, 1889
TYPE: syntypes Zoological Museum of the University of Uppsala, Sweden.
TYPE LOCALITY: freshwater pools in Rio
Grande do SuI, Brazil.
DISTRIBUTION: type locality and Chubut
Province, Argentina.
COMMENTS: redescribed by Cesar (1988).
Branchinecta leonensis Cesar, 1987
TYPE: holotype (15-5-82 No.3), paratypes (155-82 No.4) La Plata Museum of Natural History, La
Plata, Argentina.