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species

 [spe´shēz]
a taxonomic category subordinate to a genus (or subgenus) and superior to a subspecies or variety; composed of individuals similar in certain morphologic and physiologic characteristics.
type species the original species from which the description of the genus is formulated.
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type spe·cies

the name of the single species or of one of the species of a genus or subgenus when the name of the genus or subgenus was originally validly published.
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type species

n.
The species that is designated as representative of the genus to which it belongs.
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type species

the species from which the name of the genus is derived.
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Type species: Protodarcia bicolo-rella Forbes, 1931.
The Meessiidae (Lepidoptera: Tineoidea) of Korea
Type species.--Propachylus: Propachylus singularis Roewer, 1913, by monotypy.
Conspecificity of semaphoronts--the synonymy of Metadiscocyrtus with Propachylus (Opiliones: Laniatores: Gonyleptidae)
Microbrachius kedoae compares well with the type species Microbrachius dicki which was described in detail by Hemmings (1978).
A new species of the antiarch Microbrachius from the Middle Devonian (Givetian) of Belarus
[16] indicated that Ansorge [12] redefined Necrotaulius to only include the type species N.
A Review of Necrotauliids from the Triassic/Jurassic of England (Trichoptera: Necrotauliidae)
They approved the request for the change in the nomenclature system for Salmonella and from January 2005, "Salmonella choleraesuis" would change to "Salmonella enterica" with "Salmonella enterica" becoming the type species of the genus Salmonella.
Evaluation of the Complex Nomenclature of the Clinically and Veterinary Significant Pathogen Salmonella
Type species: Onykia (Onykia) robsoni (Adam, 1962) Material examined: "Moroteuthis" robsoni 380 mm ML (off Los Vilos, central Chile, 32[degrees]S, 450 m depth) MNHNCL 1950.
Squids of the family Onychoteuthidae Gray, 1847 in the southeastern Pacific Ocean
Genus LATOSPORITES Potonie and Kremp, 1954[16] Type species: Latosporites latus (Kosanke) Potonie and Kremp, 1954[16]
SOME MIOSPORES FROM THE EARLY PERMIAN TOBRA FORMATION, SALT RANGE, PAKISTAN
Type species: Chiton limaciformis Sowerby, 1832, by original designation.
Chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) from Sao Tome and Principe Islands
Type species: Aphidius (Monoctonus) caricis Haliday.
Parasitoides de afidos (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) de Kashmir, India: una lista comentada
Type Species: Vespa argentata Fabricius, 1804, by original designation.
An annotated distributional checklist of solitary wasps of the subfamily Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of Vietnam
Explaining the name, he said: "The 'Lenin' part indicates the genus, and the 'stellans' (meaning starry or brilliant) indicates the type species. If we find another ichthyosaur from this genus, then it will be given a different name.
Russian Scientists Name New Reptile Fossil after Lenin
rubra (see below) as the type species. The presence of a nuchal papilla was rejected as a generic, diagnostic feature, and the genus was considered a junior synonym of Dorvillea by Jumars (1974:114).
Annulata orstediana: publication dates, composition and annotated taxonomic list, with some comments on Hemipodus (Polychaeta: Glyceridae)

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