Vostox dentatus Brindle, 1988 : 50

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 : 44-45

Vostox dentatus Brindle, 1988: 50 , figs 7–8.

Type material

1 ♂, holotype, F3233.1637 ( Fig. 42 ); 12 ♂♂, paratypes, F3233.1638–1649; 13 ♀♀, paratypes, F3233.1650–1662; dried, mounted on card. In spirit: 18 ♂♂, 12 ♀♀, paratypes, F3448.46.

Type locality

Panama, Fortuna / Wet forest / at light, 1050m / 1.9.1976 / Dr. Henk Wolda, STRI.

Locality labels

As for type, except dates: F3233.1651, 28 Sep. 1976;F3233.1643, F3233.1648, 11 Oct.1976;F3233.1646, F3233.1650, 17 Nov. 1976; F3233.1638, F3233.1652, F3233.1659, 21 Nov. 1976; F3233.1647, 23 May 1977; F3233.1661, 5 Aug. 1977; F3233.1660, 16 Aug. 1977; F3233.1644, 25 Spe. 1977; F3233.1658, 27 Sep. 1977; F3233.1642, 3 Jun. 1978; F3233.1655, 15 Jul. 1978; F3233.1649, 12 Sep. 1978; F3233.1662, 21 Sep. 1978; F3233.1640–1641, 25 Sep. 1978; F3233.1639, F3233.1656, 11 Dec. 1978; F3233.1657, 13 Nov. 1978; F3233.1653, 3 May 1979; F3233.1645, F3233.1654, 1 Jun. 1979.

F3448.46: Panama: Chiriqui Province / Fortuna. 1050 m. at light / 1977–1978. Dr. Henk Wolda / Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute / Vostox dentatus Brindle / Paratypes 18 ♂, 12 ♀ / det. A. Brindle 1980.

Taxonomy

Spongiphoridae , Spongiphorinae , Vostox dentatus Brindle, 1988 .

Remark

The original description refers to 12 female paratypes at MMUE, not 13. Dates for all the MMUE specimens fall within the range given in the description (28.ix.1976 – 1.vi.1979) and the locality data match.

Figures

Figs 40–48. Holotypes (♂) of Spongiphoridae from the collection of the Manchester Museum. 40. Vostox bolivianus Brindle, 1971. 41. V. magnus Brindle, 1988. 42. V. dentatus Brindle, 1988. 43. Marava pygidiata Brindle, 1988. 44. M. pallida Brindle, 1988. 45. M. flavohumeralis Brindle, 1988. 46. M. nigrocincta Brindle, 1988 (no determination label). 47. M. gracilis Brindle, 1988. 48. M. parvula Brindle, 1988. Scale bars = 1 cm.