Comments on the type locality, type series, and geographic distribution of Pseudopaludicola falcipes (Hensel, 1867) (Amphibia, Anura)

JOSÉ A. LANGONE; ESTEBAN O. LAVILLA; RAFAEL O. DE SÁ; DARIO CARDOZO

ZOOTAXA

MAGNOLIA PRESS

Lugar: Auckland; Año: 2015 vol. 4058 p. 145 - 150

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The genus Pseudopaludicola was erected by Miranda?Ribeiro, 1926 to accommodate Leiuperus falcipes Hensel, 1867a. Currently, there are 18 recognized species of Pseudopaludicola, with 45% of the species described since 2003. Although Pseudopaludicola falcipes is the type species, Hensel?s description lacked designation of type specimens for that species; furthermore, it was based on a series of 30 individuals (without collection numbers or indication of where were they deposited) from "Provinz S[ão]. Pedro do Rio Grande do Sul" (today Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil). The naturalist Reinhold Friedrich Hensel (1826?1881), collector and author of Pseudopaludicola falcipes, travelled and collected throughout Rio Grande do Sul (1863?1866) but mostly in the areas surrounding Porto Alegre and other German colonies found north of that city (Papavero 1973). The visited colonies were documented in a paper where the author detailed his travels and included a map (Hensel 1867b: Plate III); coincidentally, the same year of the publication of P. falcipes. The region visited by Hensel includes several municipalities located in the northeastern region of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, from Porto Alegre to Passo Fundo, to the southern areas of the State of Santa Catarina. Given that there is no other available source to render a more precise the type locality among the localities visited by Hensel, we consider that the type material was collected in the northeast region of Rio Grande do Sul (between latitude: ?30.49° to ?29.65° and longitude: ?49.73° to ?52.46°).