The Earwig Collection (Dermaptera) of the Manchester Museum, UK, with a complete type catalogue
Miles, Claire
European Journal of Taxonomy
2015
2015-10-01
141
1
138
6JGRN
Brindle, 1966 b: 148
Brindle
148
1966
[189,668,432,458]
Insecta
Forficulidae
Forficula
Animalia
Dermaptera
82
83
Arthropoda
species
nigerrima
Typematerial 1 ♂, paratype, F3233.1724, dried, mounted on card. Locality label Nyasaland/ Mt Mlange / 8.8.1956/ AWR McCrae. // Ridge 7500’ / ½ m ESE of / Little Rus Camp / Little Rus Plat. // Under stones / on peaty / grass mat.
Taxonomy Forficulidae, Forficulinae, Afroforficula nigerrima(Brindle, 1966). Remarks 1. Transferred by Steinmann (1993: 544). 2. Index card entry: Africa, Malawi. 3. Mt Mlange (locality label) is a variant spelling of Mt. Mlanje or Mt. Mulanje, Malawi.