326
TYPE: uncertain situation; Linder (1941) refers
to 4 animals he says Daday saw at the Zoological
Museum, Berlin, Germany (12571, 12572) as syntypes; Barnard (1929) reported type material at Senckenberg Museum, Germany; collection (9630) Zoological Institute, Academy of Science, St. Petersburg, Russia is also labeled syntypes.
TYPE LOCALITY: Pfanne van Kang, Namibia.
DISTRIBUTION: Namibia and Botswana,
South Africa (Barnard, 1929); Sambhar Lake,
Rajasthan, India (Tiwari, 1958).
COMMENTS: two new synonyms, Branchinella biswasi Tiwari, 1958 and Branchinella sambhariana Baid, 1975. Belk compared type material of these
two with specimens of two populations of ornata from
southern Africa. Tiwari's three points of difference
(p. 587) do not separate these nominal forms. Baid's
paratypes at the British Museum (Natural History)
demonstrate misleadingly contracted frontal processes
(Belk & Esparza, 1995).
Branchinella pinnata Geddes, 1981
TYPE: holotype, allotype, and paratypes Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia.
TYPE LOCALITY: a pool 1 0 km north of Hatches Creek Mine, Northern Territory, Australia.
DISTRIBUTION: Northern Territory and
Queensland, Australia (Geddes, 1983); New South
Wales, Australia (Timms, 1993).
COMMENTS: none.
Branchinella proboscida Henry, 1924
TYPE: Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia.
TYPE LOCALITY: Dubbo and Goorimpa Station, Paroo River, New South Wales, Australia.
DISTRIBUTION: New South Wales and Northern Territory, Australia (Geddes, 1983).
COMMENTS: additional descriptive information in Geddes (1981).
Branchinella simplex Linder, 1941
TYPE: holotype and paratypes at Western Australian Museum, Perth, Australia.
TYPE LOCALITY: Lake Kofar, Western Australia, Australia.
DISTRIBUTION: Lakes Kofar and Annean
Western Australia, Australia (Geddes, 1981, 1983).
COMMENTS: saline water form.
Branchinella spinosa (Milne-Edwards, 1840)
TYPE: none designated.
TYPE LOCALITY: HadJiibe a saline lake at
Odessa, Ukraine.
DISTRIBUTION: saline waters in Eurasia from
Spain, France, and the islands of Sardinia and Cyprus,
through Asiatic Turkey and the Black, Caspian,
and Aral Sea regions eastward to Kazakhstan and
Afghanistan; in Africa north of the Sahara (Linder,
1941) (Mura, 1986) (Thiery & Gasc, 1991) (Alonso,1985) and Makarikari Saltpan, Botswana (Brtek,
1967).
COMMENTS: described in Branchipus; transferred to Branchinecta by Simon (1886); transferred
to Branchinella by Daday (1910); synonymy in Linder
(1941).
Branchinella sublettei Sissom, 1976
TYPE: holotype (143958), allotype (143959),
and paratypes (143960) National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.,
USA.
TYPE LOCALITY: near Tahoka, Lynn County,
Texas, USA.
DISTRIBUTION: western Texas, USA (Belk &
Sissom, 1992).
COMMENTS: none.
Branchinella wellardi Milner, 1929
TYPE: Geddes (1981) could not locate any.
TYPE LOCALITY: Dalgaranga Station, Yalgoo,
West Australia.
DISTRIBUTION: known only from type locality.
COMMENTS: see notes in Geddes (1981).
Branchinella yunnanensis Shen, 1949
TYPE: location of type material not stated by
Shen; may have been Institute of Zoology, National
Academy of Peiping, China.
TYPE LOCALITY: a lotus pond near the English
Garden outside the north city gate at Kunming, China.
DISTRIBUTION: Yunnan Province, China.
COMMENTS: none.
Branchipodopsis abiadi (Brauer, 1877)
TYPE: none designated.
TYPE LOCALITY: Tura el Chadra, Bahr-alAbjad region, Sudan.
TYPE: uncertain situation; Linder (1941) refers
to 4 animals he says Daday saw at the Zoological
Museum, Berlin, Germany (12571, 12572) as syntypes; Barnard (1929) reported type material at Senckenberg Museum, Germany; collection (9630) Zoological Institute, Academy of Science, St. Petersburg, Russia is also labeled syntypes.
TYPE LOCALITY: Pfanne van Kang, Namibia.
DISTRIBUTION: Namibia and Botswana,
South Africa (Barnard, 1929); Sambhar Lake,
Rajasthan, India (Tiwari, 1958).
COMMENTS: two new synonyms, Branchinella biswasi Tiwari, 1958 and Branchinella sambhariana Baid, 1975. Belk compared type material of these
two with specimens of two populations of ornata from
southern Africa. Tiwari's three points of difference
(p. 587) do not separate these nominal forms. Baid's
paratypes at the British Museum (Natural History)
demonstrate misleadingly contracted frontal processes
(Belk & Esparza, 1995).
Branchinella pinnata Geddes, 1981
TYPE: holotype, allotype, and paratypes Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia.
TYPE LOCALITY: a pool 1 0 km north of Hatches Creek Mine, Northern Territory, Australia.
DISTRIBUTION: Northern Territory and
Queensland, Australia (Geddes, 1983); New South
Wales, Australia (Timms, 1993).
COMMENTS: none.
Branchinella proboscida Henry, 1924
TYPE: Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia.
TYPE LOCALITY: Dubbo and Goorimpa Station, Paroo River, New South Wales, Australia.
DISTRIBUTION: New South Wales and Northern Territory, Australia (Geddes, 1983).
COMMENTS: additional descriptive information in Geddes (1981).
Branchinella simplex Linder, 1941
TYPE: holotype and paratypes at Western Australian Museum, Perth, Australia.
TYPE LOCALITY: Lake Kofar, Western Australia, Australia.
DISTRIBUTION: Lakes Kofar and Annean
Western Australia, Australia (Geddes, 1981, 1983).
COMMENTS: saline water form.
Branchinella spinosa (Milne-Edwards, 1840)
TYPE: none designated.
TYPE LOCALITY: HadJiibe a saline lake at
Odessa, Ukraine.
DISTRIBUTION: saline waters in Eurasia from
Spain, France, and the islands of Sardinia and Cyprus,
through Asiatic Turkey and the Black, Caspian,
and Aral Sea regions eastward to Kazakhstan and
Afghanistan; in Africa north of the Sahara (Linder,
1941) (Mura, 1986) (Thiery & Gasc, 1991) (Alonso,1985) and Makarikari Saltpan, Botswana (Brtek,
1967).
COMMENTS: described in Branchipus; transferred to Branchinecta by Simon (1886); transferred
to Branchinella by Daday (1910); synonymy in Linder
(1941).
Branchinella sublettei Sissom, 1976
TYPE: holotype (143958), allotype (143959),
and paratypes (143960) National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.,
USA.
TYPE LOCALITY: near Tahoka, Lynn County,
Texas, USA.
DISTRIBUTION: western Texas, USA (Belk &
Sissom, 1992).
COMMENTS: none.
Branchinella wellardi Milner, 1929
TYPE: Geddes (1981) could not locate any.
TYPE LOCALITY: Dalgaranga Station, Yalgoo,
West Australia.
DISTRIBUTION: known only from type locality.
COMMENTS: see notes in Geddes (1981).
Branchinella yunnanensis Shen, 1949
TYPE: location of type material not stated by
Shen; may have been Institute of Zoology, National
Academy of Peiping, China.
TYPE LOCALITY: a lotus pond near the English
Garden outside the north city gate at Kunming, China.
DISTRIBUTION: Yunnan Province, China.
COMMENTS: none.
Branchipodopsis abiadi (Brauer, 1877)
TYPE: none designated.
TYPE LOCALITY: Tura el Chadra, Bahr-alAbjad region, Sudan.