Galesus (Schizogalesus) longiceps 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 : 91-92

Galesus (Schizogalesus) longiceps Nixon, 1930: 400 , 402, 410.

Valid name

Coptera longiceps ( Nixon, 1930) .

Summary of types

Syntype ♀, BMNH number 9.666. Syntype ♂, BMNH number 9.666b.

Primary type data

Type; Port St. John/ Pondoland/ Sept. 1923; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1923-510; Galesus / longiceps/ Nixon/ ♀ type 1930 (syntype ♀). Type; Mossel Bay/ Cape Province / April 1921; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1923-510; Galesus / longiceps/ Nixon/ ♂ type 1930 (syntype ♂).

Type locality

South Africa, Eastern Cape Province, Port St Johns; Western Cape Province, Mossel Bay.

Remarks

There are one female and one male agreeing with Nixon’s description and labelled by him as Galesus longiceps , both of which are labelled as “type”. Since neither a unique holotype or lectotype has yet been fixed, both specimens are syntypes (Article 73.2). The female syntype is mounted on a card point, the male syntype is mounted on a card, and both are entire.