Chirocephalus horribilis Smirnov, 1948
TYPE: syntypes (4500) Zoological Institute,
Academy of Science, St. Petersburg, Russia.
TYPE LOCALITY: Lake Sarpa near the village
of Tshapurnica, Volgograd district, Russia.
DISTRIBUTION: area around lakes Sarpa and
Elton in the southern Volga Basin, Russia.
COMMENTS: none.
Chirocephalus jaxartensis (Smirnov, 1948)
TYPE: holotype (43562) Zoological Institute,
Academy of Science, St. Petersburg, Russia.
TYPE LOCALITY: steppe pool near Aralsk,
Kazakhstan.
DISTRIBUTION: known only from type locality.
COMMENTS: described in Pristicephalus on
the basis of one male specimen.
Chirocephalus josephinae (Grube, 1853)
TYPE: syntypes (1862) Natural History Museum, Wien, Austria.
TYPE LOCALITY: Tartu (formerly Dorpat),
Estonia.
DISTRIBUTION: from western Poland through
Estonia, Ukraine, and Russia as far east as the Lena
River and Lake Baikal.
COMMENTS: described in Branchipus; transferred to Pristicephalus by Daday (1910); transferred
to Chirocephalus by Brtek (1966).
Chirocephalus kerkyrensis Pesta, 1936
TYPE: none designated; however, syntypes may
be at the Natural History Museum, Wien, Austria.
TYPE LOCALITY: Kerkyra Island, Greece.
DISTRIBUTION: island of Kerkyra, Greece and
state of Latium, Italy (Mura, Rinaldi & Rota, 1987).
COMMENTS: we accept the synonymy proposed by Cottarelli and Mura (1979) for Chirocephalus
stellae Brtek, 1966 which was first described as a subspecies of Chirocephalus kerkyrensis and later changed
to species category by Brtek (1968).
Chirocephalus longicornis (Smirnov, 1930)
TYPE: syntypes (9840) Zoological Institute,
Academy of Science, St. Petersburg, Russia.
TYPE LOCALITY: village of Staraya Devica in
the lowlands of Lake Chanka in the area of the Ussuri
River in the southeastern most part of Russia.
DISTRIBUTION: Sakhalin Island and the lowlands of the Ussuri River, Russia; Mongolia.
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COMMENTS: described in Pristicephalus,
transferred to Chirocephalus by Brtek (1966)
Chirocephalus ludmilae Vekhoff, 1992
TYPE: holotype Moscow University Zoological
Museum, Moscow, Russia; paratype Institute of Nature
Conservation and Reserves, Moscow, Russia.
TYPE LOCALITY: spring periodical pool 10 km
from the town of Samtredia on the eastern seaboard of
the Black Sea in west Georgia.
DISTRIBUTION: known only from the type
locality.
COMMENTS: described from only two males,
female is unknown; detailed comparison with closely
related Chirocephalus paphlagonicus Cottarelli, 1971
is necessary.
Chirocephalus marchesonii Ruffo & Vesentini,
1957
TYPE: syntypes Civic Museum of Natural History, Verona, Italy.
TYPE LOCALITY: Lago di Pilato on Monti
Sibillini, Appennino Umbro-Marchigiano, Italy.
ty.
DISTRIBUTION: known only from type localiCOMMENTS: none.
Chirocephalus mongolianus Ueno, 1940
TYPE: none designated.
TYPE LOCALITY: Sisunite, Manchuria, northeast China.
DISTRIBUTION: known only from type locality.
COMMENTS: only two male specimens known.
Chirocephalus nankinensis (Shen, 1933)
TYPE: holotype and allotype (12576) Zoological
Museum, Fan Memorial Institute of Biology, Peiping,
China.
TYPE LOCALITY: Tangshan, Nanking, China.
DISTRIBUTION: southeastern China; Hangchow (Hu & Hwang, 1957), Nanking, Loong-Tan,
Bo-Wa-Shun, and Soochow, China (Hsti 1933).
COMMENTS: described in Eubranchipus;
transferred to Chirocephalus by Hsti (1933).
Chirocephalus neumanni Hartland-Rowe, 1967
TYPE: holotype (1964.4.26.1) and paratypes
(1967.4.26.2, 3, 4) British Museum (Natural History), London, England. Additional paratypes (B-9 and
TYPE: syntypes (4500) Zoological Institute,
Academy of Science, St. Petersburg, Russia.
TYPE LOCALITY: Lake Sarpa near the village
of Tshapurnica, Volgograd district, Russia.
DISTRIBUTION: area around lakes Sarpa and
Elton in the southern Volga Basin, Russia.
COMMENTS: none.
Chirocephalus jaxartensis (Smirnov, 1948)
TYPE: holotype (43562) Zoological Institute,
Academy of Science, St. Petersburg, Russia.
TYPE LOCALITY: steppe pool near Aralsk,
Kazakhstan.
DISTRIBUTION: known only from type locality.
COMMENTS: described in Pristicephalus on
the basis of one male specimen.
Chirocephalus josephinae (Grube, 1853)
TYPE: syntypes (1862) Natural History Museum, Wien, Austria.
TYPE LOCALITY: Tartu (formerly Dorpat),
Estonia.
DISTRIBUTION: from western Poland through
Estonia, Ukraine, and Russia as far east as the Lena
River and Lake Baikal.
COMMENTS: described in Branchipus; transferred to Pristicephalus by Daday (1910); transferred
to Chirocephalus by Brtek (1966).
Chirocephalus kerkyrensis Pesta, 1936
TYPE: none designated; however, syntypes may
be at the Natural History Museum, Wien, Austria.
TYPE LOCALITY: Kerkyra Island, Greece.
DISTRIBUTION: island of Kerkyra, Greece and
state of Latium, Italy (Mura, Rinaldi & Rota, 1987).
COMMENTS: we accept the synonymy proposed by Cottarelli and Mura (1979) for Chirocephalus
stellae Brtek, 1966 which was first described as a subspecies of Chirocephalus kerkyrensis and later changed
to species category by Brtek (1968).
Chirocephalus longicornis (Smirnov, 1930)
TYPE: syntypes (9840) Zoological Institute,
Academy of Science, St. Petersburg, Russia.
TYPE LOCALITY: village of Staraya Devica in
the lowlands of Lake Chanka in the area of the Ussuri
River in the southeastern most part of Russia.
DISTRIBUTION: Sakhalin Island and the lowlands of the Ussuri River, Russia; Mongolia.
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COMMENTS: described in Pristicephalus,
transferred to Chirocephalus by Brtek (1966)
Chirocephalus ludmilae Vekhoff, 1992
TYPE: holotype Moscow University Zoological
Museum, Moscow, Russia; paratype Institute of Nature
Conservation and Reserves, Moscow, Russia.
TYPE LOCALITY: spring periodical pool 10 km
from the town of Samtredia on the eastern seaboard of
the Black Sea in west Georgia.
DISTRIBUTION: known only from the type
locality.
COMMENTS: described from only two males,
female is unknown; detailed comparison with closely
related Chirocephalus paphlagonicus Cottarelli, 1971
is necessary.
Chirocephalus marchesonii Ruffo & Vesentini,
1957
TYPE: syntypes Civic Museum of Natural History, Verona, Italy.
TYPE LOCALITY: Lago di Pilato on Monti
Sibillini, Appennino Umbro-Marchigiano, Italy.
ty.
DISTRIBUTION: known only from type localiCOMMENTS: none.
Chirocephalus mongolianus Ueno, 1940
TYPE: none designated.
TYPE LOCALITY: Sisunite, Manchuria, northeast China.
DISTRIBUTION: known only from type locality.
COMMENTS: only two male specimens known.
Chirocephalus nankinensis (Shen, 1933)
TYPE: holotype and allotype (12576) Zoological
Museum, Fan Memorial Institute of Biology, Peiping,
China.
TYPE LOCALITY: Tangshan, Nanking, China.
DISTRIBUTION: southeastern China; Hangchow (Hu & Hwang, 1957), Nanking, Loong-Tan,
Bo-Wa-Shun, and Soochow, China (Hsti 1933).
COMMENTS: described in Eubranchipus;
transferred to Chirocephalus by Hsti (1933).
Chirocephalus neumanni Hartland-Rowe, 1967
TYPE: holotype (1964.4.26.1) and paratypes
(1967.4.26.2, 3, 4) British Museum (Natural History), London, England. Additional paratypes (B-9 and