(43552) Zoological Institute, Academy of Science,
St. Petersburg, Russia.
TYPE LOCALITY: Eregli, Turkey.
DISTRIBUTION: western Turkey.
COMMENTS: none.
Branchipus pasai Cottarelli, 1969
TYPE: holotype Institute of Zoology, University
of Rome, Italy; paratypes National Museum of Natural
History, Paris, France, and Zoological Museum, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, and Civil Museum
of Natural History, Verona, Italy.
TYPE LOCALITY: Cala Pisana, Isle Lampedusa, Pelagie Archipelago.
DISTRIBUTION: North Africa, Arabian Peninsula, and the Pelagie Archipelago (Cottarelli & Mura
1983).
COMMENTS: probably a synonym of B. schaefferi; detailed comparison is needed.
Branchipus schaefferi Fischer, 1834
TYPE: none designated; description based on
Schaeffer's description of Apus Pisiformis (Schaeffer,
1752).
TYPE LOCALITY: Regensburg, Germany;
Schaeffer's locality for Apus pisiformis (Schaeffer,
1752).
DISTRIBUTION: northern Africa as far south
as 15 ON; Israel and Jordan; Armenia; moderate zone
of continental Europe eastward from the central area
of the Don River, Russia; Mediterranean islands of
Malta, Sicily, and Sardinia; Gurney (1906) gives a disjunct record from the Sind Desert, Pakistan (specimens
checked by Belk at Indian Museum). LoftIer (1993)
considers it extinct in the Pannonian Region.
COMMENTS: Daday (1910) and many authors
misinterpret Cancer stagnalis Linnaeus, 1758 as
B. schaefferi; however, Cancer stagnalis is a synonym
of Tanymastix stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758). Petro v &
Marincek (1991), they also make the 'stagnalis error',
suggest Branchipus visnyai Kertesz, 1956 is a synonym of B. schaefferi even though Cottarelli (1969)
maintains it is a full species. We consider sufficient
evidence is lacking to make a determination at this
time. A detailed comparison of B. schaefferi with both
B. visnyai and B. pasai is needed.
Branchipus visnyai Kertesz, 1956
TYPE: none designated.
TYPE LOCALITY: Tekovske Luzany (formerly
Nagysallo), Slovakia.
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DISTRIBUTION: Slovakia, Hungary, Italy, Sardinia, Malta, and Algeria.
COMMENTS: described as a variety of Branchipus stagnalis (actually B. schaefferi); changed to
species category by Cottarelli (1969); detailed comparison with B. schaefferi is needed.
Chirocephalus appendicularis Vavra, 1905
TYPE: syntypes Natural History Museum, Wien,
Austria and (9644) Zoological Institute, Academy of
Science, St. Petersburg, Russia.
TYPE LOCALITY: Saryk-Gol, a crater lake at
2229 m elevation in Northwest Erciyas, Turkey.
DISTRIBUTION: Turkey, Syria, and Lebanon.
COMMENTS: none.
Chirocephalus bairdi (Brauer, 1877)
TYPE: syntypes (1879.I1.13) Natural History
Museum, Wien, Austria and (9627) Zoological Institute, Academy of Science, St. Petersburg, Russia.
TYPE LOCALITY: Jerusalem, Israel.
DISTRIBUTION: Israel from east of the Dead
Sea to east of Lake Kinneret (Dimentman, 1981) and
between the eastern Mediterranean coast and a line
from Lake Kinneret through the Jordan River, the
Dead Sea, and Turkey (G. Mura, unpublished information).
COMMENTS: described in Branchipus; transferred to Chirocephalus by Simon (1886).
Chirocephalus bobrinskii (Alcock, 1898)
TYPE: syntypes (814110) Indian Museum, Calcutta, India.
TYPE LOCALITY: Chakmaktin Lake in the Little Pamir, East Afghanistan.
DISTRIBUTION: Pamir in Afghanistan, Alai
Mountains in Kyrgyzstan and a small brackish lake
near Maraldy Lake 80 km east of Pavlodar in Kazakhstan (Vekhoff, 1992) and a steppe pool near Aralsk
in Kazakhstan (Smirnov, 1948).
COMMENTS: described in Branchipus; transferred to Chirocephalus by Daday (1910:212); Kemp
(1911) list Chirocephalus altaicus Daday, 1910 as
synonymous; Vekhoff (1992) presents a supplemental description under the synonym C. altaicus.
Chirocephalus brevipalpis (Orghidan, 1953)
TYPE: none designated.
TYPE LOCALITY: Timisoara, Romania.
DISTRIBUTION: a restricted area in western
Romania on into the former Yugoslavia as far west
St. Petersburg, Russia.
TYPE LOCALITY: Eregli, Turkey.
DISTRIBUTION: western Turkey.
COMMENTS: none.
Branchipus pasai Cottarelli, 1969
TYPE: holotype Institute of Zoology, University
of Rome, Italy; paratypes National Museum of Natural
History, Paris, France, and Zoological Museum, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, and Civil Museum
of Natural History, Verona, Italy.
TYPE LOCALITY: Cala Pisana, Isle Lampedusa, Pelagie Archipelago.
DISTRIBUTION: North Africa, Arabian Peninsula, and the Pelagie Archipelago (Cottarelli & Mura
1983).
COMMENTS: probably a synonym of B. schaefferi; detailed comparison is needed.
Branchipus schaefferi Fischer, 1834
TYPE: none designated; description based on
Schaeffer's description of Apus Pisiformis (Schaeffer,
1752).
TYPE LOCALITY: Regensburg, Germany;
Schaeffer's locality for Apus pisiformis (Schaeffer,
1752).
DISTRIBUTION: northern Africa as far south
as 15 ON; Israel and Jordan; Armenia; moderate zone
of continental Europe eastward from the central area
of the Don River, Russia; Mediterranean islands of
Malta, Sicily, and Sardinia; Gurney (1906) gives a disjunct record from the Sind Desert, Pakistan (specimens
checked by Belk at Indian Museum). LoftIer (1993)
considers it extinct in the Pannonian Region.
COMMENTS: Daday (1910) and many authors
misinterpret Cancer stagnalis Linnaeus, 1758 as
B. schaefferi; however, Cancer stagnalis is a synonym
of Tanymastix stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758). Petro v &
Marincek (1991), they also make the 'stagnalis error',
suggest Branchipus visnyai Kertesz, 1956 is a synonym of B. schaefferi even though Cottarelli (1969)
maintains it is a full species. We consider sufficient
evidence is lacking to make a determination at this
time. A detailed comparison of B. schaefferi with both
B. visnyai and B. pasai is needed.
Branchipus visnyai Kertesz, 1956
TYPE: none designated.
TYPE LOCALITY: Tekovske Luzany (formerly
Nagysallo), Slovakia.
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DISTRIBUTION: Slovakia, Hungary, Italy, Sardinia, Malta, and Algeria.
COMMENTS: described as a variety of Branchipus stagnalis (actually B. schaefferi); changed to
species category by Cottarelli (1969); detailed comparison with B. schaefferi is needed.
Chirocephalus appendicularis Vavra, 1905
TYPE: syntypes Natural History Museum, Wien,
Austria and (9644) Zoological Institute, Academy of
Science, St. Petersburg, Russia.
TYPE LOCALITY: Saryk-Gol, a crater lake at
2229 m elevation in Northwest Erciyas, Turkey.
DISTRIBUTION: Turkey, Syria, and Lebanon.
COMMENTS: none.
Chirocephalus bairdi (Brauer, 1877)
TYPE: syntypes (1879.I1.13) Natural History
Museum, Wien, Austria and (9627) Zoological Institute, Academy of Science, St. Petersburg, Russia.
TYPE LOCALITY: Jerusalem, Israel.
DISTRIBUTION: Israel from east of the Dead
Sea to east of Lake Kinneret (Dimentman, 1981) and
between the eastern Mediterranean coast and a line
from Lake Kinneret through the Jordan River, the
Dead Sea, and Turkey (G. Mura, unpublished information).
COMMENTS: described in Branchipus; transferred to Chirocephalus by Simon (1886).
Chirocephalus bobrinskii (Alcock, 1898)
TYPE: syntypes (814110) Indian Museum, Calcutta, India.
TYPE LOCALITY: Chakmaktin Lake in the Little Pamir, East Afghanistan.
DISTRIBUTION: Pamir in Afghanistan, Alai
Mountains in Kyrgyzstan and a small brackish lake
near Maraldy Lake 80 km east of Pavlodar in Kazakhstan (Vekhoff, 1992) and a steppe pool near Aralsk
in Kazakhstan (Smirnov, 1948).
COMMENTS: described in Branchipus; transferred to Chirocephalus by Daday (1910:212); Kemp
(1911) list Chirocephalus altaicus Daday, 1910 as
synonymous; Vekhoff (1992) presents a supplemental description under the synonym C. altaicus.
Chirocephalus brevipalpis (Orghidan, 1953)
TYPE: none designated.
TYPE LOCALITY: Timisoara, Romania.
DISTRIBUTION: a restricted area in western
Romania on into the former Yugoslavia as far west