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Hystrichosphaeridium complex

"Hystrichosphaeridium complex" (White, 1842, p.39, pl.4, fig.11) Deflandre, 1946b, p.111.

TYPE: Holotype: White, 1842, pl.4, fig.11, lost according to Davey and Williams (1966b, p.74). Neotype: Davey and Williams, 1966b, pl.7, fig.1, designated by Davey and Williams (1966b, p.71).

HISTORY: NOW: Oligosphaeridium complex. Originally Xanthidium tubiferum var. complex (Appendix A), subsequently Xanthidium complex (Appendix A), thirdly Hystrichosphaeridium complex, fourthly (and now) Oligosphaeridium complex.

SYNONYM(S): Taxonomic junior synonyms: Hystrichosphaeridium elegantulum, according to Deflandre (1946b, p.111); Hystrichosphaeridium himalayense, according to Jain and Garg (1986b, p.64); Oligosphaeridium cephalum, according to Lejeune-Carpentier and Sarjeant (1981, p.9) and Jain (1982, p.52); Geodia? irregularis (Appendix A; subsequently Hystrichosphaeridium speciale), according to Harker and Sarjeant in Harker et al. (1990, p.59).

AGE: Senonian.


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