328
DISTRIBUTION: known only from type locality.
COMMENTS: none.
Branchipodopsis natalensis Barnard, 1929
TYPE: syntypes (1384) Natal Museum, Pletermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa; lost according to
Hamer & Appleton (submitted).
TYPE LOCALITY: Van Reenen, Orange Free
State, South Africa.
DISTRIBUTION: Orange Free State, South
Africa (Seaman & Kok, 1987); Natal (Hamer & Appleton, submitted).
COMMENTS: none.
Branchipodopsis scambus Barnard, 1929
TYPE: Albany Museum, Grahamstown, South
Africa; lost according to Hamer & Appleton (submitted).
TYPE LOCALITY: Grahamstown, Cape of
Good Hope, South Africa.
DISTRIBUTION: known only from the vicinity
of Grahamstown in the eastern Cape.
COMMENTS: none.
Branchipodopsis simplex Barnard, 1924
TYPE: syntypes (A-6006) South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa.
TYPE LOCALITY: Eunda about 161 km northnorthwest of Ondongua, Botswana.
ty.
DISTRIBUTION: known only from type localiCOMMENTS: none.
Branchipodopsis terpogossiani Smirnov, 1936
TYPE: (14473) Zoological Institute, Academy
of Science, St. Petersburg, Russia.
TYPE LOCALITY: Sardarabad, Armenia.
DISTRIBUTION: Little Caucasus, Armenia.
COMMENTS: Hartland-Rowe (1968) considered this species synonymous with Branchipodopsis
ajJinis on the basis of what we consider weak evidence; the situation needs restudy.
Branchipodopsis tridens Daday, 1910
TYPE: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt, Germany.
TYPE LOCALITY: Kalahari Desert, Botswana.
DISTRIBUTION: wide spread in western half
southern Africa (Barnard 1929) (Seaman & Kok,
1987).
COMMENTS: Michelle Hamer (personal communication) reports much variation in antennal characteristics; significance of this needs to be investigated.
Branchipodopsis wolfi Daday, 1910
TYPE: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt, Germany.
TYPE LOCALITY: Kalahari Desert, Botswana.
DISTRIBUTION: wide spread in southern
Africa, also recorded from east Africa (Barnard, 1929)
and Uganda in central Africa (Hamer & Appleton, submitted).
COMMENTS: Michelle Hamer (personal communications) notes no specimens exist to support
Barnard's (1929) report of this species in North Africa
and that variation in antennal characteristics should be
investigated.
Branchipus blanchardi Daday, 1908
TYPE: neotype (EMAH 008) Department of
Ecology, Barcelona University, Barcelona, Spain.
TYPE LOCALITY: a pond near Cristol Lake,
High Alps, France.
DISTRIBUTION: High Alps of France and Italy
(Thiery & Gasc, 1991) (Alonso, 1989).
COMMENTS: Alonso (1989) and Thiery &
Gasc (1991) independently synonymized Branchipus
alpinus Colosi, 1922; redescribed under synonym alpinus by Cottarelli (1966).
Branchipus cortesi Alonso & Jaume, 1991
TYPE: holotype, allotype, and paratypes
(20.4.292) National Museum of Natural Sciences,
Madrid, Spain; additional paratypes (EMAP 009)
Department of Ecology, Barcelona University,
Barcelona, Spain.
TYPE LOCALITY: Charca Gris, Almaraz, Caceres, Spain.
DISTRIBUTION: southwestern Spain.
COMMENTS: none.
Branchipus intermedius Orghidan, 1947
TYPE: none designated.
mao
TYPE LOCALITY: Tecuci, eastern RomaDISTRIBUTION: Romania.
COMMENTS: none.
Branchipus laevicornis Daday, 1912
TYPE: syntypes (D 1912-89; IIA-91) Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary and
DISTRIBUTION: known only from type locality.
COMMENTS: none.
Branchipodopsis natalensis Barnard, 1929
TYPE: syntypes (1384) Natal Museum, Pletermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa; lost according to
Hamer & Appleton (submitted).
TYPE LOCALITY: Van Reenen, Orange Free
State, South Africa.
DISTRIBUTION: Orange Free State, South
Africa (Seaman & Kok, 1987); Natal (Hamer & Appleton, submitted).
COMMENTS: none.
Branchipodopsis scambus Barnard, 1929
TYPE: Albany Museum, Grahamstown, South
Africa; lost according to Hamer & Appleton (submitted).
TYPE LOCALITY: Grahamstown, Cape of
Good Hope, South Africa.
DISTRIBUTION: known only from the vicinity
of Grahamstown in the eastern Cape.
COMMENTS: none.
Branchipodopsis simplex Barnard, 1924
TYPE: syntypes (A-6006) South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa.
TYPE LOCALITY: Eunda about 161 km northnorthwest of Ondongua, Botswana.
ty.
DISTRIBUTION: known only from type localiCOMMENTS: none.
Branchipodopsis terpogossiani Smirnov, 1936
TYPE: (14473) Zoological Institute, Academy
of Science, St. Petersburg, Russia.
TYPE LOCALITY: Sardarabad, Armenia.
DISTRIBUTION: Little Caucasus, Armenia.
COMMENTS: Hartland-Rowe (1968) considered this species synonymous with Branchipodopsis
ajJinis on the basis of what we consider weak evidence; the situation needs restudy.
Branchipodopsis tridens Daday, 1910
TYPE: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt, Germany.
TYPE LOCALITY: Kalahari Desert, Botswana.
DISTRIBUTION: wide spread in western half
southern Africa (Barnard 1929) (Seaman & Kok,
1987).
COMMENTS: Michelle Hamer (personal communication) reports much variation in antennal characteristics; significance of this needs to be investigated.
Branchipodopsis wolfi Daday, 1910
TYPE: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt, Germany.
TYPE LOCALITY: Kalahari Desert, Botswana.
DISTRIBUTION: wide spread in southern
Africa, also recorded from east Africa (Barnard, 1929)
and Uganda in central Africa (Hamer & Appleton, submitted).
COMMENTS: Michelle Hamer (personal communications) notes no specimens exist to support
Barnard's (1929) report of this species in North Africa
and that variation in antennal characteristics should be
investigated.
Branchipus blanchardi Daday, 1908
TYPE: neotype (EMAH 008) Department of
Ecology, Barcelona University, Barcelona, Spain.
TYPE LOCALITY: a pond near Cristol Lake,
High Alps, France.
DISTRIBUTION: High Alps of France and Italy
(Thiery & Gasc, 1991) (Alonso, 1989).
COMMENTS: Alonso (1989) and Thiery &
Gasc (1991) independently synonymized Branchipus
alpinus Colosi, 1922; redescribed under synonym alpinus by Cottarelli (1966).
Branchipus cortesi Alonso & Jaume, 1991
TYPE: holotype, allotype, and paratypes
(20.4.292) National Museum of Natural Sciences,
Madrid, Spain; additional paratypes (EMAP 009)
Department of Ecology, Barcelona University,
Barcelona, Spain.
TYPE LOCALITY: Charca Gris, Almaraz, Caceres, Spain.
DISTRIBUTION: southwestern Spain.
COMMENTS: none.
Branchipus intermedius Orghidan, 1947
TYPE: none designated.
mao
TYPE LOCALITY: Tecuci, eastern RomaDISTRIBUTION: Romania.
COMMENTS: none.
Branchipus laevicornis Daday, 1912
TYPE: syntypes (D 1912-89; IIA-91) Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary and