Pakistan (the type locality); they are B. kugenumaensis.
Branchinella latzi Geddes, 1981
TYPE: holotype (P.19224), allotype (P.19225),
and paratypes (p.19226) Australian Museum, Sydney,
Australia.
TYPE LOCALITY: Mt. Allen Station, Northwest Territory, Australia (131 °57'E, 22 °23'S).
DISTRIBUTION: restricted distribution in central Australia (Geddes, 1983).
COMMENTS: none.
Branchinella lithaca (Creaser, 1940)
TYPE: holotype (79294) and paratypes (79295)
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian
Institution, Washington D.C., USA.
TYPE LOCALITY: Stone Mountain, DeKalb
County, Georgia, USA.
DISTRIBUTION: known only from type locality.
COMMENTS: described in Chirocephalus;
transferred to Branchinella by Dexter (1953); see notes
in Belk & Sissom (1992).
Branchinella longirostris Wolf, 1911
TYPE: syntypes (16321) Zooiogical Museum,
Berlin, Germany; Geddes (1981) reported they are disintegrated.
TYPE LOCALITY: Boorabbin, West Australia.
DISTRIBUTION: restricted to Western Australia (Geddes, 1983).
COMMENTS: none.
Branchinella lyrifera Linder, 1941
TYPE: holotype and paratypes Zoological Museum, Uppsala, Sweden.
TYPE LOCALITY: a pool near Wilcannia, New
South Wales, Australia.
DISTRIBUTION: widely distributed over inland
Australia (Geddes, 1983; Timms, 1993).
COMMENTS: none.
Branchinella minuta Rren, 1952
TYPE: Zoological Museum of the University of
Copenhagen, Denmark.
TYPE LOCALITY: a ditch in Pei-tai-ho, North
China.
DISTRIBUTION: known only from type locality.
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COMMENTS: drawing in description looks like
it could be of an immature male.
Branchinella mira (Gurney, 1931)
TYPE: syntypes (1928.2.23.27-41) British
Museum (Natural History), London, England.
TYPE LOCALITY: pools at Makthlawaiya and
Nanahua, Paraguay.
DISTRIBUTION: known only from type localities.
COMMENTS: described in Dendrocephalus;
Belk examined syntypes and supports transfer here to
Branchinella.
Branchinella nichollsi Linder, 1941
TYPE: holotype and paratypes Western Australian Museum, Perth, Australia; paratypes Zoological Museum, Uppsala, Sweden.
TYPE LOCALITY: Lake Gidgee, Kalgoorlie,
West Australia, Australia.
DISTRIBUTION: known only from type locality.
COMMENTS: we do not accept subspecies status for this taxon as proposed by Geddes (1981).
Branchinella occidentalis Dakin, 1914
TYPE: West Australian Museum, Perth, Australia.
TYPE LOCALITY: Lake Violet, Wiluna in central West Australia, Australia.
DISTRIBUTION: Queensland, New South
Wales, South Australia, and Western Australia, Australia (Geddes, 1981; Timms, 1993).
COMMENTS: described as a subspecies of
Branchinella australiensis; changed to species rank
by Linder (1941); synonymy in Geddes (1981).
Branchinella ondonguae (Barnard, 1924)
TYPE: syntypes British Museum (Natural History), London, England (Linder, 1941); South
African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa (Barnard,
1929).
TYPE LOCALITY: Ondongua and Ongka,
Ovamboland, Namibia.
DISTRIBUTION: Namibia and Somalia (Barnard
1929).
COMMENTS: described in Branchinellites;
transferred to Branchinella by Linder (1941).
Branchinella ornata Daday, 1910
Branchinella latzi Geddes, 1981
TYPE: holotype (P.19224), allotype (P.19225),
and paratypes (p.19226) Australian Museum, Sydney,
Australia.
TYPE LOCALITY: Mt. Allen Station, Northwest Territory, Australia (131 °57'E, 22 °23'S).
DISTRIBUTION: restricted distribution in central Australia (Geddes, 1983).
COMMENTS: none.
Branchinella lithaca (Creaser, 1940)
TYPE: holotype (79294) and paratypes (79295)
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian
Institution, Washington D.C., USA.
TYPE LOCALITY: Stone Mountain, DeKalb
County, Georgia, USA.
DISTRIBUTION: known only from type locality.
COMMENTS: described in Chirocephalus;
transferred to Branchinella by Dexter (1953); see notes
in Belk & Sissom (1992).
Branchinella longirostris Wolf, 1911
TYPE: syntypes (16321) Zooiogical Museum,
Berlin, Germany; Geddes (1981) reported they are disintegrated.
TYPE LOCALITY: Boorabbin, West Australia.
DISTRIBUTION: restricted to Western Australia (Geddes, 1983).
COMMENTS: none.
Branchinella lyrifera Linder, 1941
TYPE: holotype and paratypes Zoological Museum, Uppsala, Sweden.
TYPE LOCALITY: a pool near Wilcannia, New
South Wales, Australia.
DISTRIBUTION: widely distributed over inland
Australia (Geddes, 1983; Timms, 1993).
COMMENTS: none.
Branchinella minuta Rren, 1952
TYPE: Zoological Museum of the University of
Copenhagen, Denmark.
TYPE LOCALITY: a ditch in Pei-tai-ho, North
China.
DISTRIBUTION: known only from type locality.
325
COMMENTS: drawing in description looks like
it could be of an immature male.
Branchinella mira (Gurney, 1931)
TYPE: syntypes (1928.2.23.27-41) British
Museum (Natural History), London, England.
TYPE LOCALITY: pools at Makthlawaiya and
Nanahua, Paraguay.
DISTRIBUTION: known only from type localities.
COMMENTS: described in Dendrocephalus;
Belk examined syntypes and supports transfer here to
Branchinella.
Branchinella nichollsi Linder, 1941
TYPE: holotype and paratypes Western Australian Museum, Perth, Australia; paratypes Zoological Museum, Uppsala, Sweden.
TYPE LOCALITY: Lake Gidgee, Kalgoorlie,
West Australia, Australia.
DISTRIBUTION: known only from type locality.
COMMENTS: we do not accept subspecies status for this taxon as proposed by Geddes (1981).
Branchinella occidentalis Dakin, 1914
TYPE: West Australian Museum, Perth, Australia.
TYPE LOCALITY: Lake Violet, Wiluna in central West Australia, Australia.
DISTRIBUTION: Queensland, New South
Wales, South Australia, and Western Australia, Australia (Geddes, 1981; Timms, 1993).
COMMENTS: described as a subspecies of
Branchinella australiensis; changed to species rank
by Linder (1941); synonymy in Geddes (1981).
Branchinella ondonguae (Barnard, 1924)
TYPE: syntypes British Museum (Natural History), London, England (Linder, 1941); South
African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa (Barnard,
1929).
TYPE LOCALITY: Ondongua and Ongka,
Ovamboland, Namibia.
DISTRIBUTION: Namibia and Somalia (Barnard
1929).
COMMENTS: described in Branchinellites;
transferred to Branchinella by Linder (1941).
Branchinella ornata Daday, 1910