Virginia Museum of Natural History
February 2010

Summary:
VMNH staff are personally responsible for the naming of 520 species new to science.  VMNH is home to 173 type specimens.

Recent Invertebrates

• New species: about 405
• New genera: about 200
• Higher taxa: about 40 tribes, 25 subfamilies, seven families
• Holotypes in VMNH: about 150 (mostly millipeds, a few insects (Plecoptera, Heteroptera)
• Paratypes in VMNH: for about 400 species (more individual specimens), mostly millipeds but also insects, spiders, et alia

Bryozoa

• Species named: 59
• Genera named: 8
• Higher taxa: 4 families
• Holotypes in the collections: 4
• Paratypes in the collections: 15

Fossil Invertebrates

• Species named: 50
• Genera named: 12 
• Holotypes in the collections: 1
• Paratypes in the collections: 15

Vertebrate Paleontology

• Species named (author or coauthor):
• Eobalaenoptera harrisoni 
• Squalodon whitmorei 
• Mecistotrachelos apeoros
• Genera named (author or coauthor): 
• Eobalaenoptera 
• Mecistotrachelos

Types in the Vertebrate Paleontology collection

• Eobalaneoptera harrisoni 
• Mecistotrachelos apeoros (holotype and paratype-only two specimens known) 
• Agnosphitys cromhallensis (holotype and paratypes, and all other known specimens)
• (We also have at least two whales that are likely new taxa, but have not yet been named.)

We also have 2 plant holotypes: Pannaulika triassica (also the genotype); Fraxinopsis aquilonaris (holotype and paratype)

• Triassothrips virginicus (holotype, 3 paratypes, all other known specimens; also geotype
• and basis for Family Triassothripidae)
• Metarchilimonia krzeminskorum (holotype, paratype; also genotype) 
• Metarchilimonia solita (holotype) 
• Triassopsychoda olseni (holotype; genotype) 
• Yalea rectimedia (holotype) 
• Virginiptera certa (holotype, paratype; also genotype) 
• Virginiptera similis (holotype, paratype) 
• Virginiptera lativentra (holotype) 
• Brachyrhyphus distortus (holotype; also genotype) 
• Crosaphis virginiensis (holotype) 
• Prosechamyia trimedia (holotype; also genotype and basis for Family Prosechamyiidae) 
• Prosechamyia dimedia (holotype)
• Argyrarachne solitus (holotype; also genotype)