COMMENTS: described as a subspecies of Chirocephalus spinicaudatus; changed to species category
by Brtek (197l).
Chirocephalus ruffoi Cottarelli & Mura, 1984
TYPE: Civil Museum of Natural History of
Verona, Italy.
TYPE LOCALITY: Piano di Pollino, Appennino
Calabro-Lucano, Italy (Mura, 1986).
DISTRIBUTION: type locality and Appennino
Tosco-Emiliano.
COMMENTS: none.
Chirocephalus salinus Daday, 1910
TYPE: syntypes Museum of Natural History
Paris, France and (D 1912-54, ItA-55) Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary.
TYPE LOCALITY: salt pools at Le Croisic in
western France.
DISTRIBUTION: Le Croisic and the islands of
Corsica, France (Thiery & Gasc, 1991) and Sardinia,
Italy (Mura, 1986).
COMMENTS: described as a subspecies of Chirocephalus diaphanus; changed to species category by
Cottarelli & Mura (1973); Chirocephalus reiseri may
prove to be synonymous.
Chirocephalus shadini (Smirnov, 1928)
TYPE: syntypes (1448) Zoological Institute,
Academy of Science, St. Petersburg, Russia.
TYPE LOCALITY: Murom, Russia.
DISTRIBUTION: from Ural (Ufa) through central and northern Russia to Poland, Slovakia, Hungary,
and into northeastern Austria (LOffler, 1993).
COMMENTS: described as a variety of Pristicephalus josephinae; changed to species category by
Smirnov (1948); transferred to Chirocephalus by Brtek
(1966); see synonymy in Brtek (1966).
Chirocephalus sibyllae Cottarelli & Mura, 1975
TYPE: Institute of Zoology of Rome, Italy.
TYPE LOCALITY: a temporary pond at 1800 m
in Palazzo Borghese, Massiccio del Vettore, Monti Sibillini, Appennino Umbro-Marchigaiano (Mura,
1986).
DISTRIBUTION: known only from the type
locality.
COMMENTS: none.
Chirocephalus sinensis Thiele, 1907
333
TYPE: syntypes (12350) Zoological Museum
Berlin, Germany.
TYPE LOCALITY: Sha-Shi valley of upper Jinsha Jiang (= Yantsekiang), China.
DISTRIBUTION: type locality and Yu-Wha-Tae
and Nanking, China (Hsti, 1933)
COMMENTS: none.
Chirocephalus skorikowi Daday, 1912
TYPE: none designated.
TYPE LOCALITY: Kumnuch district, Daghestan, Russia.
DISTRIBUTION: Caucasus and Transcaucasia at upper reaches of Bolshaya Laba, KarachaiCherkessia, Stavropol Province, Russia; near Kumukh,
Daghestan, Russia; in Georgia at Lake Levangol and
Tskhra-Tskaro Pass near Bakuriani (Vekhoff, 1992)
COMMENTS: supplemental description in
Vekhoff (1992).
Chirocephalus slovacicus Brtek, 1971
TYPE: holotype and allotype Slovak National Museum of Natural History, Bratislava, Slovakia;
paratypes Hornonitrianske Museum, Prievidza, Slovakia and National Museum of Natural History, Paris,
France and British Museum (Natural History), London, England and Zoological Institute, Academy of
Science St. Petersburg, Russia.
TYPE LOCALITY: temporary pool at Jesenske,
Slovakia.
DISTRIBUTION: Rimava River basin in southern Slovakia.
COMMENTS: none.
Chirocephalus spinicaudatus Simon, 1886
TYPE: syntypes National Museum of Natural
History, Paris, France.
TYPE LOCALITY: Ivry, now the District of
Paris, France.
DISTRIBUTION: vicinity of Paris, France
(Nourisson & Thiery, 1988).
COMMENTS: we do not accept the synonymy
presented by Nourisson & Thiery (1988) as to the
subspecies C. diaphanus chyzeri and C. spinicaudatus croaticus which we treat here as separate species
level taxa.
Chirocephalus tauricus Pesta, 1921
TYPE: syntypes Natural History Museum, Wien,
Austria.
by Brtek (197l).
Chirocephalus ruffoi Cottarelli & Mura, 1984
TYPE: Civil Museum of Natural History of
Verona, Italy.
TYPE LOCALITY: Piano di Pollino, Appennino
Calabro-Lucano, Italy (Mura, 1986).
DISTRIBUTION: type locality and Appennino
Tosco-Emiliano.
COMMENTS: none.
Chirocephalus salinus Daday, 1910
TYPE: syntypes Museum of Natural History
Paris, France and (D 1912-54, ItA-55) Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary.
TYPE LOCALITY: salt pools at Le Croisic in
western France.
DISTRIBUTION: Le Croisic and the islands of
Corsica, France (Thiery & Gasc, 1991) and Sardinia,
Italy (Mura, 1986).
COMMENTS: described as a subspecies of Chirocephalus diaphanus; changed to species category by
Cottarelli & Mura (1973); Chirocephalus reiseri may
prove to be synonymous.
Chirocephalus shadini (Smirnov, 1928)
TYPE: syntypes (1448) Zoological Institute,
Academy of Science, St. Petersburg, Russia.
TYPE LOCALITY: Murom, Russia.
DISTRIBUTION: from Ural (Ufa) through central and northern Russia to Poland, Slovakia, Hungary,
and into northeastern Austria (LOffler, 1993).
COMMENTS: described as a variety of Pristicephalus josephinae; changed to species category by
Smirnov (1948); transferred to Chirocephalus by Brtek
(1966); see synonymy in Brtek (1966).
Chirocephalus sibyllae Cottarelli & Mura, 1975
TYPE: Institute of Zoology of Rome, Italy.
TYPE LOCALITY: a temporary pond at 1800 m
in Palazzo Borghese, Massiccio del Vettore, Monti Sibillini, Appennino Umbro-Marchigaiano (Mura,
1986).
DISTRIBUTION: known only from the type
locality.
COMMENTS: none.
Chirocephalus sinensis Thiele, 1907
333
TYPE: syntypes (12350) Zoological Museum
Berlin, Germany.
TYPE LOCALITY: Sha-Shi valley of upper Jinsha Jiang (= Yantsekiang), China.
DISTRIBUTION: type locality and Yu-Wha-Tae
and Nanking, China (Hsti, 1933)
COMMENTS: none.
Chirocephalus skorikowi Daday, 1912
TYPE: none designated.
TYPE LOCALITY: Kumnuch district, Daghestan, Russia.
DISTRIBUTION: Caucasus and Transcaucasia at upper reaches of Bolshaya Laba, KarachaiCherkessia, Stavropol Province, Russia; near Kumukh,
Daghestan, Russia; in Georgia at Lake Levangol and
Tskhra-Tskaro Pass near Bakuriani (Vekhoff, 1992)
COMMENTS: supplemental description in
Vekhoff (1992).
Chirocephalus slovacicus Brtek, 1971
TYPE: holotype and allotype Slovak National Museum of Natural History, Bratislava, Slovakia;
paratypes Hornonitrianske Museum, Prievidza, Slovakia and National Museum of Natural History, Paris,
France and British Museum (Natural History), London, England and Zoological Institute, Academy of
Science St. Petersburg, Russia.
TYPE LOCALITY: temporary pool at Jesenske,
Slovakia.
DISTRIBUTION: Rimava River basin in southern Slovakia.
COMMENTS: none.
Chirocephalus spinicaudatus Simon, 1886
TYPE: syntypes National Museum of Natural
History, Paris, France.
TYPE LOCALITY: Ivry, now the District of
Paris, France.
DISTRIBUTION: vicinity of Paris, France
(Nourisson & Thiery, 1988).
COMMENTS: we do not accept the synonymy
presented by Nourisson & Thiery (1988) as to the
subspecies C. diaphanus chyzeri and C. spinicaudatus croaticus which we treat here as separate species
level taxa.
Chirocephalus tauricus Pesta, 1921
TYPE: syntypes Natural History Museum, Wien,
Austria.