Galeopterus variegates (Audebert, 1799)

Wiig, Øystein & Bachmann, Lutz, 2013, The mammal type specimens at the Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway, Zootaxa 3736 (5), pp. 587-597 : 593-594

Galeopterus lechei Gyldenstolpe, 1920

Kunglia Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar, 60 (6), 17.

Valid name. Galeopterus variegates (Audebert, 1799)

Holotype: NHMO 7986 (24), female, skin (red phase) with cranium, collected by C. Lumholtz at Toembang Maroewe, Central Borneo, October 1915.

Paratypes: NHMO 7985 (4889), female, skin (light phase) with cranium, collected by C. Lumholtz at Toembang Maroewe, Central Borneo, October 1915; NHMO 22081 (3), female juv., skin (light phase?) with cranium, collected by C. Lumholtz at Toembang Maroewe, Central Borneo, September 1915.

Remarks. The description was communicated 12 March 1919 but printed 12 February 1920. The correct year of authority is accordingly 1920 not 1919 as given by Wilson and Reeder (2005). Specimen NHMO 7986 (24) was referred to as “ Type ” by the author and is regarded as the holotype according to article 73.1.1. of the Code (ICZN 1999). The lower left mandible of specimen NHMO 22081 is missing. Synonym given as G. lecheyi Gyldenstolpe, 1919 by Wilson and Reeder (2005).