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species Mycetopoda siliquosa (Spix in Wagner, 1827): synonymy

223 specimens + 1 GenBank voucher

Synonymy

Anodon longinus Spix in Wagner, 1827

Spix in Wagner, 1827. Test. Fluv. Brasil.: 29, pl. 22, fig. 1.

Glabaris (s.s.) longinusSimpson (1900)
Mycetopus siliquosusCorsi (1900)
Mycetopoda longinaIhering (1910), Frierson (1922), Morretes (1949)
Anodontites (s.s.) longinusSimpson (1914)
Mycetopoda siliquosaFigueiras (1965), Simone (2006)

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Anodon siliquosus Spix in Wagner, 1827

Spix in Wagner, 1827. Test. Fluv. Brasil.: 30, pl. 23, fig. 2.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0317, Province de Corrientes, Argentina and Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.

Mycetopoda siliquosaSimpson (1900), Ihering (1910), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1921), Haas (1931), ... Breure et al. (2022), Torres et al. (2024), Cummings et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026), Martínez et al. (2026)
Mycetopus siliquosusCorsi (1900)

Anodon siliquosus var. pygmaeum Spix in Wagner, 1827

Spix in Wagner, 1827. Test. Fluv. Brasil.: 30, pl. 23, figs. 3-4.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodon siliquosus Spix in Wagner, 1827)

Mycetopoda pygmæaSimpson (1900)
Mycetopoda siliquosaIhering (1910), Haas (1931), Bonetto (1962), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969), Ramírez et al. (2003), Simone (2006)
Mycetopoda pygmaeaSimpson (1914)

Mycetopoda siliquosus d’Orbigny, 1835

‘Spix’ d’Orbigny, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 42.
‘Spix’ d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5(3): 601, pl. 67.
(reference to Anodon siliquosus Spix in Wagner, 1827)

Mycetopoda siliquosaSimpson (1900)
Mycetopoda orbignyiIhering (1910), Simpson (1914)

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Mycetopus ventricosus d’Orbigny, 1846

d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5(3): 602, pl. 72, figs. 1-3.
Type(s): TYPE MNHN_MP_0319, Chiquitos, Bolivia.

Mycetopoda ventricosaSimpson (1900), Ihering (1910), Simpson (1914)
Mycetopoda siliquosaBonetto (1962), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969), Johnson (1981), Quintana (1982), Ramírez et al. (2003), Simone (2006)

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Mycetopus weddellii Hupé, 1857

Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 93, pl. 20, fig. 2.
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0414, Santa Anna de Chiquitos, Bresil.

Mycetopoda pygmæaSimpson (1900)
Mycetopus weddelliMartens (1900)
Mycetopoda weddelliIhering (1910)
Mycetopoda pygmaeaSimpson (1914)
Mycetopoda weddelliiFrierson (1927)
Mycetopoda siliquosaJohnson (1981), Simone (2006), Cummings et al. (2025)

Mycetopus hupeanus Clessin, 1876

Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 93, pl. 19, fig. 2 [as ‘Mycetopus pygmaeus’].
Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 206, pl. 66, fig. 5.

Mycetopoda hupeanaSimpson (1900), Ihering (1910), Simpson (1914), Morretes (1949)
Mycetopoda siliquosaBonetto (1962), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969), Johnson (1981), Ramírez et al. (2003), Simone (2006)

Mycetopus occidentalis Clessin in Miller, 1879

Clessin in Miller, 1879. Malak. Blatt. 1: 174, pl. 11, figs. 2-3.

Mycetopoda occidentalisSimpson (1900), Ihering (1910), Simpson (1914)
Mycetopoda siliquosaBonetto (1962), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969), Johnson (1981), Simone (2006), Breure et al. (2022)

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Mycetopus staudingeri Ihering, 1890

Ihering, 1890. Arch. Naturg. 56(1): 131, text figs. A-B.
Ihering, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 121.
Type(s): TYPE SMF_3802, Huagabamba, O. Peru.

Mycetopoda staudingeriSimpson (1900), Ihering (1910), Ortmann (1921), Haas (1931)
Mycetopoda siliquosa var. staudingeriSimpson (1914)
Mycetopoda siliquosaBonetto (1962), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969), Johnson (1981), Quintana (1982), Ramírez et al. (2003), Simone (2006)

Mycetopus clessini Ihering, 1893

Ihering, 1893. Arch. Naturg. 59(1): 57.
Ihering, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 120.
(homonym of Mycetopus clessini Fischer, 1890)

Mycetopoda clessiniIhering (1910)
Mycetopoda siliquosaSimpson (1914), Ortmann (1921), Haas (1931), Bonetto (1962), Figueiras (1965), Johnson (1981), Quintana (1982), Ramírez et al. (2003), Simone (2006)

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Mycetopoda bahia Ihering, 1910

Ihering, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 122, pl. 12, figs. 3a-b.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE SMF_3799, Rio Sao Francisco, b. Villa Nova, Staat Bahia, Brasilien.

Mycetopoda bahiaIhering (1910), Simpson (1914), Haas (1931), Morretes (1949)
Mycetopoda siliquosaOrtmann (1921), Bonetto (1962), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969), Johnson (1981), Quintana (1982), Ramírez et al. (2003), Simone (2006)

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Mycetopoda krausei Ihering, 1910

Ihering, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 121, pl. 12, figs. 2a-b.
Type(s): TYPE SMF_3798, Rio Araguaya, Ilha do Bananal, Staat Goyaz, Brasilien.

Mycetopoda krauseiIhering (1910), Simpson (1914), Haas (1931), Morretes (1949)
Mycetopoda siliquosaBonetto (1962), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969), Johnson (1981), Quintana (1982), Ramírez et al. (2003), Simone (2006)

Mycetopoda orbignyi Ihering, 1910

‘Spix’ d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5(3): 601, pl. 67 [as ‘M. siliquosus’].
Ihering, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 121.

Mycetopoda orbignyiIhering (1910), Simpson (1914), Haas (1931)
Mycetopoda siliquosaBonetto (1962), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969), Johnson (1981), Quintana (1982), Ramírez et al. (2003), Simone (2006)

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Mycetopoda staudingeri var. aequatorialis Ihering, 1910

Ihering, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 121.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mycetopus staudingeri Ihering, 1890)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE SMF_3804, Ecuador.

Mycetopoda staudingeri var. aequatorialisIhering (1910)
Mycetopoda siliquosa var. staudingeriSimpson (1914)
Mycetopoda staudingeriOrtmann (1921), Haas (1931)
Mycetopoda siliquosaBonetto (1962), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969), Johnson (1981), Simone (2006)

Mycetopus pygmaeus Hupé, 1857

Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 93, pl. 19, fig. 2 [as ‘pygmæus’].
(reference to Anodon siliquosus var. pygmaeum Spix in Wagner, 1827)

Mycetopoda hupeanaSimpson (1900), Ihering (1910), Simpson (1914)

Mycetopus maranhonensis Ihering, 1890

‘Mouss. (in lit.?)’ Ihering, 1890. Arch. Naturg. 56(1): 133.
(intro'd as syn of Anodon longinus Spix in Wagner, 1827)

Mycetopoda siliquosaSimone (2006)

Mycetopus weddelii Ihering, 1890

‘Hupé’ Ihering, 1890. Arch. Naturg. 56(1): 128.
(error for Mycetopus weddellii Hupé, 1857)

Mycetopoda siliquosa var. studingeri Ramírez et al., 2003

‘Simpson’ Ramírez et al., 2003. Rev. Biol. Trop. 51: 273.
(error for Mycetopus staudingeri Ihering, 1890)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Glabaris (s.s.) longinusSimpson (1900)
Mycetopus siliquosusCorsi (1900)
Mycetopoda siliquosaSimpson (1900), Ihering (1910), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1921), Haas (1931), ... Breure et al. (2022), Torres et al. (2024), Cummings et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026), Martínez et al. (2026)
Mycetopoda pygmæaSimpson (1900)
Mycetopoda ventricosaSimpson (1900), Ihering (1910), Simpson (1914)
Mycetopoda hupeanaSimpson (1900), Ihering (1910), Simpson (1914), Morretes (1949)
Mycetopus weddelliMartens (1900)
Mycetopoda occidentalisSimpson (1900), Ihering (1910), Simpson (1914)
Mycetopoda staudingeriSimpson (1900), Ihering (1910), Ortmann (1921), Haas (1931)
Mycetopoda longinaIhering (1910), Frierson (1922), Morretes (1949)
Mycetopoda orbignyiIhering (1910), Simpson (1914), Haas (1931)
Mycetopoda weddelliIhering (1910)
Mycetopoda clessiniIhering (1910)
Mycetopoda bahiaIhering (1910), Simpson (1914), Haas (1931), Morretes (1949)
Mycetopoda krauseiIhering (1910), Simpson (1914), Haas (1931), Morretes (1949)
Mycetopoda staudingeri var. aequatorialisIhering (1910)
Anodontites (s.s.) longinusSimpson (1914)
Mycetopoda pygmaeaSimpson (1914)
Mycetopoda siliquosa var. staudingeriSimpson (1914)
Mycetopoda weddelliiFrierson (1927)