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 6B2FY Brindle, 1973 f: 306 Brindle 306 1973 [189,635,1386,1412] Insecta Forficulidae Cordax Animalia Dermaptera 21 22 Arthropoda species africanus     Typematerial  1 ♂, paratype, F3233.1681, dried, mounted on card.   Locality label S. Africa. / R. E. Turner. / Brit. Mus. / 1924–54. // Port St. John, / Pondoland. / Dec. 1923.    Taxonomy  Forficulidae, Opisthocosmiinae,  Syntonus africanus(Brindle, 1973).   Remark Transferred by Steinmann (1993: 250).