Cyzicus grubei ( Simon, 1886 ) sensu Alonso,, 1996

Rogers, D. Christopher, 2020, Spinicaudata Catalogus (Crustacea: Branchiopoda)., Zoological Studies 59 (45), pp. 1-44 : 19-20

Cyzicus grubei ( Simon, 1886) sensu Alonso,

1996

= Estheria grubei Simon, 1886

= Caenestheria syriaca nomen nudum Daday, 1913b

= Caenestheria syriaca Daday, 1914: 62

= Caenestheria grubei Daday, 1914: 131

= Eocyzicus syriacus ( Daday, 1914) (fide Brtek, 1997)

Comments: Mediterranean region (Daday 1913 1914; Alonso 1996; Machado et al. 1999; Perez-Bote 2004). Alonso (1996) redescribed this species, providing excellent drawings. The type locality for C. grubei is Spain, at Ciudad Real, and Alonso (1996) reports the species as endemic to arid regions of the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands. Daday (1915) gave records from modern Israel and Syria. This species should be compared with C. gihoni and C. hierosolymitana .

Cyzicus gynecius ( Mattox, 1950) = Caenestheriella gynecius Mattox, 1950

Comments: Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania USA ( Schmidt and Kiviat 2007; Smith and Gola 2001; Orridge 2011). Apparently males are absent. This species needs to be compared with C. mexicanus , C. belfragei and C. morsei . The eggs are spiny ( Smith and Gola 2001).

Cyzicus hierosolymitanus ( Fischer, 1860) = Estheria hierosolymitanus Fischer, 1860 = Cyzicus hierosolymitanus var. rollei Daday, 1914: 322 nomen dubium

Comments: Israel, Jerusalem ( Simon 1886). Should be compared with C. gihoni . Both may be synonyms of C. tetracerus , which Daday (1914) says is very similar. Redescribed by Daday (1914: 312). Daday’s form rollei (1914) was only known from empty carapaces.

Cyzicus jonesi ( Baird, 1862) = Estheria jonesi Baird, 1862

Comments: Cuba ( Baird 1849; Daday 1914: 240), although Daday mentions one collection from “America Meridionalis”, which is basically tropical and southernmost America. Packard (1874) had material given to him without locality data and suggested the specimens came from the southern USA or Central America. The types were deposited in the Berlin Museum.

Cyzicus ludhianatus ( Battish, 1981) = Caenestheriella ludhianata Battish, 1981

Comments: India: Punjab; reported once. Probably a synonym of C. annandalei ( Rogers and Padhye 2015) .