Archidux bicolor Brindle, 1973 f: 296

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 : 29-30

Archidux bicolor Brindle, 1973 f: 296 , fig. 402.

Type material

1 ♂, holotype, F3233.1697 ( Fig. 32 ); 1 ♀, allotype, F3233.1698; 1 ♀, paratype, F3233.1699; dried, mounted on card.

Type locality

Njombe / 6000–6500 ft. / Tanganyika / 20.2.1951 W. P.

Locality labels

As type except dates: F3233.1698, 22 Dec. 1951; F3233.1699, 18 Nov. 1951.

Taxonomy

Forficulidae , Skendylinae , Cosmiella bicolor (Brindle, 1973) .

Remarks

1. Transferred by Steinmann (1989c: 669).

2. The collection date for the allotype, F3233.1698, is given in the original description as 31.XII.1957. From inspection of the label it is probable that 1957 is a mistranscription of 1951.

3. The original description also refers to two paratypes, one male and one female, with the same data, dates 29 Oct. 1951 and 30 Nov. 1951, respectively.

Figures

Figs 28–33. Holotypes (♂) of Forficulidae in the collection of the Manchester Museum. 28. Metresura rugosa Brindle, 1975. 29. Timomenus pieli Hincks, 1940. 30. Acanthocordax dorsalis Brindle, 1969 (F3233.1279). 31. Skalistes peruviana Brindle, 1970. 32. Archidux bicolor Brindle, 1973 (now Cosmiella bicolor). 33. Sarcinatrix edentata Brindle, 1988. Scale bars = 1 cm.