TYPE: syntypes (6279) South African Museum,
Cape Town, South Africa.
TYPE LOCALITY: Rondebosch Camp Ground,
Cape Town, South Africa.
DISTRIBUTION: southern Cape region, South
Africa.
COMMENTS: none.
Streptocephalus dichotomus Baird, 1860
TYPE: none designated.
TYPE LOCALITY: India, exact locality not given, found alive in a pail of milk.
DISTRIBUTION: widespread in India and Pakistan with one disjunct record from Yangon, Burma
(Belk & Esparza, 1995).
COMMENTS: Gurney (1906) synonymized
Streptocephalus bengalensis Alcock, 1896 after examining the syntypes; Belk studied these syntypes (132942/10) Indian Museum, Calcutta, India and agrees.
Streptocephalus distinctus Thiele, 1907.
TYPE: syntypes Zoological Museum, Berlin,
Germany and (9616) Zoological Institute, Academy
of Science, St. Petersburg, Russia.
car.
TYPE LOCALITY: Annanarivo, MadagasDISTRIBUTION: Madagascar.
COMMENTS: none.
Streptocephalus dorothae Mackin, 1942
TYPE: syntypes (79019) National Museum of
Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington,
D.C., USA.
TYPE LOCALITY: a temporary pond about
32 km south of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
DISTRIBUTION: from the panhandle regions
of Texas and Oklahoma into New Mexico, Arizona,
and southern Utah, USA with disjunct records from
Wyoming, USA and southern Baja California, Mexico
(Maeda-Martinez et aI., 1992).
COMMENTS: none.
Streptocephalus dregei Sars, 1899
TYPE: male completely dried (AI485) South
African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa; female
British Museum (Natural History), London, England.
TYPE LOCALITY: Port Elizabeth, South
Africa.
DISTRIBUTION: southeast Cape Province,
South Africa.
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COMMENTS: none.
Streptocephalus echinus Bond, 1934
TYPE: holotype (C361111) paratypes (C3612/l)
Indian Museum, Calcutta, India.
TYPE LOCALITY: a tank at the town of
Godavari, West Godavari District, Andhra Predesh
state, India (17 ON, 81 °45'E).
DISTRIBUTION: Andhra Predesh and Chingleput District, Tamil Nadu, India (Belk & Esparza,
1994).
COMMENTS: described as a subspecies of
S. simplex; Brtek (1974) suggested echinus should
probably be considered a separate species, Belk agrees
after collecting and examining specimens from three
populations, electrophoretic studies by Munuswamy
(1982) also support species ranking.
Streptocephalus gauthieri Brtek, 1974
TYPE: none designated.
TYPE LOCALITY: Mortcha pool between Fada
and Oum Chalouba, Chad.
DISTRIBUTION: known only from type locality.
COMMENTS: description based on information
and illustration of Streptocephalus sp. in Gauthier
(1939).
Streptocephalus gracilis Sars, 1898
TYPE: male, completely dried, (1487) South
African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa.
TYPE LOCALITY: Port Elizabeth, South
Africa.
DISTRIBUTION: Port Elizabeth and Cape
Town, South Africa.
COMMENTS: none.
Streptocephalus guzmani Maeda-Martinez, Belk,
Obregon-Barboza & Dumont, 1995
TYPE: holotype (259672) Allotype (259673)
paratypes (259674-5) National Museum of Natural
History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.,
USA.
TYPE LOCALITY: An ephemeral pool on the
south side of E. Refugio bridge, 70 km east of Torreon,
Coahuila, Mexico.
DISTRIBUTION: Rio Nazas and Rio Aguanaval
basins in Coahuila, Mexico.
COMMENTS: none.
Streptocephalus indistinctus Barnard, 1924
Cape Town, South Africa.
TYPE LOCALITY: Rondebosch Camp Ground,
Cape Town, South Africa.
DISTRIBUTION: southern Cape region, South
Africa.
COMMENTS: none.
Streptocephalus dichotomus Baird, 1860
TYPE: none designated.
TYPE LOCALITY: India, exact locality not given, found alive in a pail of milk.
DISTRIBUTION: widespread in India and Pakistan with one disjunct record from Yangon, Burma
(Belk & Esparza, 1995).
COMMENTS: Gurney (1906) synonymized
Streptocephalus bengalensis Alcock, 1896 after examining the syntypes; Belk studied these syntypes (132942/10) Indian Museum, Calcutta, India and agrees.
Streptocephalus distinctus Thiele, 1907.
TYPE: syntypes Zoological Museum, Berlin,
Germany and (9616) Zoological Institute, Academy
of Science, St. Petersburg, Russia.
car.
TYPE LOCALITY: Annanarivo, MadagasDISTRIBUTION: Madagascar.
COMMENTS: none.
Streptocephalus dorothae Mackin, 1942
TYPE: syntypes (79019) National Museum of
Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington,
D.C., USA.
TYPE LOCALITY: a temporary pond about
32 km south of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
DISTRIBUTION: from the panhandle regions
of Texas and Oklahoma into New Mexico, Arizona,
and southern Utah, USA with disjunct records from
Wyoming, USA and southern Baja California, Mexico
(Maeda-Martinez et aI., 1992).
COMMENTS: none.
Streptocephalus dregei Sars, 1899
TYPE: male completely dried (AI485) South
African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa; female
British Museum (Natural History), London, England.
TYPE LOCALITY: Port Elizabeth, South
Africa.
DISTRIBUTION: southeast Cape Province,
South Africa.
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COMMENTS: none.
Streptocephalus echinus Bond, 1934
TYPE: holotype (C361111) paratypes (C3612/l)
Indian Museum, Calcutta, India.
TYPE LOCALITY: a tank at the town of
Godavari, West Godavari District, Andhra Predesh
state, India (17 ON, 81 °45'E).
DISTRIBUTION: Andhra Predesh and Chingleput District, Tamil Nadu, India (Belk & Esparza,
1994).
COMMENTS: described as a subspecies of
S. simplex; Brtek (1974) suggested echinus should
probably be considered a separate species, Belk agrees
after collecting and examining specimens from three
populations, electrophoretic studies by Munuswamy
(1982) also support species ranking.
Streptocephalus gauthieri Brtek, 1974
TYPE: none designated.
TYPE LOCALITY: Mortcha pool between Fada
and Oum Chalouba, Chad.
DISTRIBUTION: known only from type locality.
COMMENTS: description based on information
and illustration of Streptocephalus sp. in Gauthier
(1939).
Streptocephalus gracilis Sars, 1898
TYPE: male, completely dried, (1487) South
African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa.
TYPE LOCALITY: Port Elizabeth, South
Africa.
DISTRIBUTION: Port Elizabeth and Cape
Town, South Africa.
COMMENTS: none.
Streptocephalus guzmani Maeda-Martinez, Belk,
Obregon-Barboza & Dumont, 1995
TYPE: holotype (259672) Allotype (259673)
paratypes (259674-5) National Museum of Natural
History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.,
USA.
TYPE LOCALITY: An ephemeral pool on the
south side of E. Refugio bridge, 70 km east of Torreon,
Coahuila, Mexico.
DISTRIBUTION: Rio Nazas and Rio Aguanaval
basins in Coahuila, Mexico.
COMMENTS: none.
Streptocephalus indistinctus Barnard, 1924