Ephemeroporus barroisi (Richard, 1894)

Kotov, Alexey A. & Ferrari, Frank D., 2010, The taxonomic research of Jules Richard on Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) and his collection at the National Museum of Natural History, U. S. A., Zootaxa 2551 (1), pp. 37-64 : 60

37. Ephemeroporus barroisi (Richard, 1894)

Pleuroxus Barroisi Richard 1894a, p. 375 –377, figs 9–12.

Chydorus barroisi (Richard) in Sars 1895, p. 25 –28, Pl. 4: figs 9–13; Richard 1897a, p. 297; Smirnov 1971, p. 301, fig. 328.

Ephemeroporus barroisi (Richard) in Frey 1982, p. 234 –237, Pl. 1: figs 9–12; Smirnov 1996, p. 156 –159, figs 649–659.

Frey (1982) provides a more complete synonymy; however, the non-Mediterranean populations may belong to one or more sibling species.

Type locality. "Birket Abbâdi" (Richard 1894a) in "Ghuta Oasis 23 km E of center of Damascus and 4 km W of Attaiba" ( Frey 1982), Syria. This pool dried many years ago ( Frey 1982).

Richard's specimens. Apparently lost ( Frey 1982).

Comments. Valid species. Frey (1982) considered the name a nomen dubium , based primarily on the absence of Richard's types, but Smirnov (1996) correctly noted that the species can be distinguished based on Richard's figures and descriptions. The name has been applied to populations found around the world ( Smirnov 1996); in Asia they are found even in the Amur Basin (Kotov, unpublished). Ephemeroporus sp. described by Alonso (1987) may be this species. The non-Mediterranean populations remain to be reconciled with the Mediterranean populations.