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TYPE: none designated.
TYPE LOCALITY: Inkenjeni Mountain near the
Mahlabatini Magistracy, Zululand.
DISTRIBUTION: known only from type locality.
COMMENTS: immature specimens, Barnard
(1929) considered this binomen a synonym of Streptocephalus cafer or Streptocephalus indistinctus; however, Brtek (1974) considered enough key characters
are present in Brady's drawings to differentiate the taxon as a valid species.
Streptocephalus purcelli Sars, 1898
TYPE: syntypes (1478) South African Museum,
Cape Town, South Africa.
TYPE LOCALITY: Green Point Common, Cape
Town, South Africa.
DISTRIBUTION: western Cape Province,
South Africa.
COMMENTS: Barnard (1929) synonymized
S. Purcelli sarsi Daday, 1910 considering its unique
features to be a result of abnormality.
Streptocephalus rothschildi Daday, 1908
TYPE: syntypes (235) National Museum of Natural History, Paris, France and (DI912-109;I1A-llO)
Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary.
TYPE LOCALITY: Tehoba, Ethiopia (Abyssinia).
DISTRIBUTION: northeast Africa.
COMMENTS: none.
Streptocephalus rubricaudatus (Klunzinger, 1867)
TYPE: none designated.
TYPE LOCALITY: a clay pool at Kosseir near
the Red Sea, Egypt.
DISTRIBUTION: Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Chad,
and Sudan.
COMMENTS: described in Branchipus; transferred to Streptocephalus by Simon (1886); once synonymized with S. torvicornis by Brtek (1962); later
differences were noted and now considered a separate
taxon Brtek (1974), Mertens & Dumont (1989).
car.
Streptocephalus rugosus Brehm, 1960
TYPE: none designated.
TYPE LOCALITY: Anjohimavo, MadagasDISTRIBUTION: known only from the type
locality.
COMMENTS: none.
Streptocephalus sealii Ryder,. 1879
TYPE: syntypes (ANSP CA 4452) Academy of
Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA;
Moore (1966) reported these specimens were fragmentary and not useful.
TYPE LOCALITY: Woodbury, New Jersey,
USA.
DISTRIBUTION: widespread in North America
from southern Canada through the United States into
southern Mexico.
COMMENTS: for synonymy see Moore (1966);
populations in Arizona and California, USA may be a
separate sibling species (Belk et al., 1990).
Streptocephalus similis Baird, 1852
TYPE: syntypes British Museum (Natural History), London, England.
TYPE LOCALITY: Santa Domingo.
DISTRIBUTION: islands of Santa Domingo,
Puerto Rico, and Antigua; northeastern Mexico and
south Texas, USA.
COMMENTS: this is not the African taxon in
Cannici (1941).
Streptocephalus simplex Gurney, 1906
TYPE: syntypes (5217110) Indian Museum, Calcutta, India.
TYPE LOCALITY: Kutch District, Gujarat
state, India.
DISTRIBUTION: southern Arabia near Aden,
Pakistan, and northern India (Belk & Esparza,
1995).
COMMENTS: new synonyms, S. simplex arabicus Bond, 1934 and S. simplex simplex Bond, 1934;
Belk examined numerous specimens from Arabia and
India finding all of the characters listed by Bond were
variable and not useful in defining separate taxa.
Streptocephalus spinicaudatus Hamer & Appleton,
1993
TYPE: holotype (A40829) and paratypes
(A40830) South African Museum, Cape Town, South
Africa.
TYPE LOCALITY: Umtata Dam, Transkei
(31 °30'S, 28 °36'E).
DISTRIBUTION: eastern Cape Province, South
Africa and Transkei.
COMMENTS: none.
TYPE: none designated.
TYPE LOCALITY: Inkenjeni Mountain near the
Mahlabatini Magistracy, Zululand.
DISTRIBUTION: known only from type locality.
COMMENTS: immature specimens, Barnard
(1929) considered this binomen a synonym of Streptocephalus cafer or Streptocephalus indistinctus; however, Brtek (1974) considered enough key characters
are present in Brady's drawings to differentiate the taxon as a valid species.
Streptocephalus purcelli Sars, 1898
TYPE: syntypes (1478) South African Museum,
Cape Town, South Africa.
TYPE LOCALITY: Green Point Common, Cape
Town, South Africa.
DISTRIBUTION: western Cape Province,
South Africa.
COMMENTS: Barnard (1929) synonymized
S. Purcelli sarsi Daday, 1910 considering its unique
features to be a result of abnormality.
Streptocephalus rothschildi Daday, 1908
TYPE: syntypes (235) National Museum of Natural History, Paris, France and (DI912-109;I1A-llO)
Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary.
TYPE LOCALITY: Tehoba, Ethiopia (Abyssinia).
DISTRIBUTION: northeast Africa.
COMMENTS: none.
Streptocephalus rubricaudatus (Klunzinger, 1867)
TYPE: none designated.
TYPE LOCALITY: a clay pool at Kosseir near
the Red Sea, Egypt.
DISTRIBUTION: Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Chad,
and Sudan.
COMMENTS: described in Branchipus; transferred to Streptocephalus by Simon (1886); once synonymized with S. torvicornis by Brtek (1962); later
differences were noted and now considered a separate
taxon Brtek (1974), Mertens & Dumont (1989).
car.
Streptocephalus rugosus Brehm, 1960
TYPE: none designated.
TYPE LOCALITY: Anjohimavo, MadagasDISTRIBUTION: known only from the type
locality.
COMMENTS: none.
Streptocephalus sealii Ryder,. 1879
TYPE: syntypes (ANSP CA 4452) Academy of
Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA;
Moore (1966) reported these specimens were fragmentary and not useful.
TYPE LOCALITY: Woodbury, New Jersey,
USA.
DISTRIBUTION: widespread in North America
from southern Canada through the United States into
southern Mexico.
COMMENTS: for synonymy see Moore (1966);
populations in Arizona and California, USA may be a
separate sibling species (Belk et al., 1990).
Streptocephalus similis Baird, 1852
TYPE: syntypes British Museum (Natural History), London, England.
TYPE LOCALITY: Santa Domingo.
DISTRIBUTION: islands of Santa Domingo,
Puerto Rico, and Antigua; northeastern Mexico and
south Texas, USA.
COMMENTS: this is not the African taxon in
Cannici (1941).
Streptocephalus simplex Gurney, 1906
TYPE: syntypes (5217110) Indian Museum, Calcutta, India.
TYPE LOCALITY: Kutch District, Gujarat
state, India.
DISTRIBUTION: southern Arabia near Aden,
Pakistan, and northern India (Belk & Esparza,
1995).
COMMENTS: new synonyms, S. simplex arabicus Bond, 1934 and S. simplex simplex Bond, 1934;
Belk examined numerous specimens from Arabia and
India finding all of the characters listed by Bond were
variable and not useful in defining separate taxa.
Streptocephalus spinicaudatus Hamer & Appleton,
1993
TYPE: holotype (A40829) and paratypes
(A40830) South African Museum, Cape Town, South
Africa.
TYPE LOCALITY: Umtata Dam, Transkei
(31 °30'S, 28 °36'E).
DISTRIBUTION: eastern Cape Province, South
Africa and Transkei.
COMMENTS: none.