Galesus (Schizogalesus) bidens 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 : 86-87

Galesus (Schizogalesus) bidens Nixon, 1930: 400 , 401, 403.

Valid name

Coptera bidens ( Nixon, 1930) .

Summary of types

Syntype ♀, BMNH number 9.668. Syntype ♂, BMNH number 9.688b. Syntypes 4 ♀♀, 5 ♂♂.

Primary type data

Type; Mossel Bay/ Cape Province / October, 1921; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1921-450; Galesus / bidens/ 1930 Nixon/ Type ♀ (syntype ♀). Paratype; Mossel Bay/ Cape Province / June, 1921; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1921-294; Galesus / bidens/ 1930 Nixon (syntype ♀). Paratype; Mossel Bay/ Cape Province / October, 1921; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1921-450; Galesus / bidens/ 1930 Nixon (syntype ♀). Paratype; Mossel Bay/ Cape Province / April, 1921; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1921-210; Galesus / bidens/ 1930 Nixon (syntype ♀). Paratype; Mossel Bay/ Cape Province / Aug. 1921; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1921-353; Galesus / bidens/ 1930 Nixon (syntype ♀). Type; Mossel Bay/ Cape Province / April, 1921; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1921-210; Galesus / bidens/ 1930 Nixon/ Type ♂ (syntype ♂). Paratype; Mossel Bay/ Cape Province / Febr. 1922; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1922-97; Galesus / bidens/ 1930 Nixon (syntype ♂). Paratype; Mossel Bay/ Cape Province / 18-30.xi.1921; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1922-2; Galesus / bidens/ 1930 Nixon (syntype ♂). Paratype; Mossel Bay/ Cape Province / 5-31.vii.1921; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1921-315; Galesus / bidens/ 1930 Nixon (syntype ♂). Paratype; Mossel Bay/ Cape Province / 1-13. iii.1922; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1922-129; Galesus / bidens/ 1930 Nixon (syntypes 2♂♂).

Type locality

South Africa, Western Cape Province, Mossel Bay.

Remarks

There are five females and six males agreeing with Nixon’s description and labelled by him as Galesus bidens . Of these, two are labelled as “type” and the rest as “ paratype ”; however, since neither a unique holotype or lectotype has yet been fixed, all of the type series is syntypic (Article 73.2). All the syntypes are mounted on cards and one female has an antenna mounted separately; two males are missing parts of their antennae.