Cataloguing Prof. Eudóxia M. Froehlich’s wet collection of land planarians (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae): a bounty of type specimens of 78 species
Author:
RANELLI BEATRIZ ELIAS,DE FREITAS PEDRO M.,CARBAYO FERNANDO
Abstract
Zoologist Prof. Eudóxia Maria Froehlich (1929*–2015†) kept an uncatalogued personal collection of land planarians in wet medium. We catalogued their contents. Glass jars contained a variable number of small vials, each with one or several labeled specimens. We transcribed the species names and field data, when available, written on card labels to a table. A total of 1772 vials in 80 jars, contained over 2700 specimens. Subsequently, we cross checked field data with that of the type specimens. As a result, we identified, with different degrees of certainty, type specimens of 78 species. These types compose a very significant potential source of additional morphological details of the species to conform with current standards in the taxonomy of the group.
Subject
Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics