Galesus (Schizogalesus) turneri var. carinaticeps 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 : 91

Galesus (Schizogalesus) turneri var. carinaticeps Nixon, 1930: 401 , 402, 410.

Valid name

Coptera carinaticeps ( Nixon, 1930) .

Summary of types

Syntype ♀, BMNH number 9.671. Syntype ♂, BMNH number 9.671b. Syntype ♂.

Primary type data

Type; Mossel Bay/ Cape Province / October 1921; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1921-450; Galesus / turneri Nixon / v. carinaticeps / Nixon/ ♀ type 1930 (syntype ♀). Type; Mossel Bay/ Cape Province / 15-31.vii.1921; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1921-315; Galesus / turneri Nixon / v. carinaticeps / Nixon/ ♂ type 1930 (syntype ♂). Paratype; Port St. John/ Pondoland/ Sept. 1923; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1923-510; Galesus / turneri Nixon / v. carinaticeps / Nixon/ ♂ paratype 1930/ G.Nixon det. (syntype ♂).

Type locality

South Africa, Western Cape Province, Mossel Bay, but evidently including Eastern Cape Province, Port St Johns.

Remarks

There are one female and two males agreeing with Nixon’s description and labelled by him as Galesus turneri v. carinaticeps . Of these, two are labelled as “type” and the third as “ paratype ”; however, since neither a unique holotype or lectotype has yet been fixed, all of the type series is syntypic (Article 73.2). The specimen labelled as “ paratype ” is from Port St John, not Mossel Bay; however, this appears to be a lapsus by Nixon. It appears he included it in the description since he referred to two males, so it is not excluded here from the type series. The two syntypes labelled as “type” are mounted on card points, the other is mounted on a card.