Capralabis ashmolei Brindle, 1981 : 77

Miles, Claire, 2015, The Earwig Collection (Dermaptera) of the Manchester Museum, UK, with a complete type catalogue, European Journal of Taxonomy 141, pp. 1-138 : 26

Capralabis ashmolei Brindle, 1981: 77 , figs 1–2, 4, 7.

Type material

3 ♂♂, paratypes, F 3233.1433–1435; 2 ♀♀, paratypes, F 3233.1436–1437; all dried, mounted on card. In spirit: 1 ♂, paratype, F 3448.195; 2 ♀♀, paratypes, F 3448.196; 1 ♀, paratype, F 3448.197.

Locality labels

F 3233.1433–1437: Ecuador / Los Tayos / Main cave / 12.7. 1976 / N. P. Ashmole.

F 3448.195: 25 Jul 76 / Los Tayos 815 78˚12’ W 3˚06’ S // Main cave. Bottom / of 2’ [illegible]. Rotten wood / Threshold.

F 3448.197: same data except number, 811.

F 3448.196: 20 Jul 76 / 930 78˚12’ W 3˚06’ S // Bottom of 2’ [illegible] shaft. / Under stones in / stream. Sta. 1.

Taxonomy

Anisolabididae , Anisolabidinae , Capralabis ashmolei Brindle, 1981 .

Remarks

The original description refers to two male and four female paratypes at MMUE, rather than three males and two females; and in spirit, 1 ♀, same data except 25 Jul. 1976, and 2 ♀♀, in spirit, same data except 2 Jul. 1976. This last date may be a mistranscription of 20 for 2. There is no reference to a male paratype in spirit.