Galesus (Schizogalesus) magnificus Nixon, 1930: 401

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 : 89-90

Galesus (Schizogalesus) magnificus Nixon, 1930: 401 , 408.

Valid name

Coptera robustior (Silvestri, 1913) .

Summary of types

Syntype ♀, BMNH number 9.660. Syntype ♀.

Primary type data

Type; Natal/ Kloof/ 1500ft. / Sept. 1926; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1926-404; Galesus / magnificus/ ♀ type Nixon/ 1930 (syntype ♀). Paratype; Port St. John/ Pondoland/ 6-25.Feb.1924; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1924-136.; Galesus / magnificus/ ♀ paratype Nixon/ 1930 (syntype ♀).

Type locality

South Africa, Eastern Cape Province, Port St Johns; KwaZulu-Natal, Kloof.

Remarks

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