Galesus (Schizogalesus) abdominalis Nixon, 1930: 400

Notton, David G., 2014, A catalogue of the types of Diapriinae (Hymenoptera, Diapriidae) at the Natural History Museum, London, European Journal of Taxonomy 75, pp. 1-123 : 89

Galesus (Schizogalesus) abdominalis Nixon, 1930: 400 , 402, 406.

Valid name

Coptera abdominalis ( Nixon, 1930) .

Summary of types

Syntype ♀, BMNH number 9.667. Syntype ♂, BMNH number 9.667b. Syntypes 2 ♀♀, ♂.

Primary type data

Type; Port St. John/ Pondoland/ July 10-31, 1923; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1923-398; Galesus / abdominalis/ Nixon; ♀ type, 1930 (syntype ♀). Paratype; Port St. John/ Pondoland/ Sept. 1923; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1923-510; Galesus / abdominalis/ Nixon; ♀ paratype, 1930 (syntype ♀). Paratype; Port St. John/ Pondoland/ 6-25 Feb. 1923; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1924-136; Galesus / abdominalis/ Nixon; ♀ paratype, 1930 (syntype ♀). Type; Port St. John/ Pondoland/ July 10-31, 1923; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1923-398; Galesus / abdominalis/ Nixon; ♂ type, 1930 (syntype ♂). Paratype; Port St. John/ Pondoland/ July 10-31, 1923; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1923-398; Galesus / abdominalis/ Nixon; ♂ paratype, 1930 (syntype ♂).

Type locality

South Africa, Eastern Cape Province, Port St Johns.

Remarks

There are three females and two males agreeing with Nixon’s description and labelled by him as Galesus abdominalis . Of these, two are labelled as “type” and the rest as “ paratype ”; however, since neither a unique holotype or lectotype has yet been fixed, all of the type series is syntypic (Article 73.2). All the syntypes are mounted on cards and are entire.