Galesus (Schizogalesus) rectangularis 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 : 88-89

Galesus (Schizogalesus) rectangularis Nixon, 1930: 400 , 402, 406.

Valid name

Coptera rectangularis ( Nixon, 1930) .

Summary of types

Syntype ♀, BMNH number 9.656. Syntype ♂, BMNH number 9.656b. Syntypes 3 ♀♀.

Primary type data

Type; Port St. John/ Pondoland/ Nov. 1923; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1924-6; Galesus / rectangularis/ Nixon/ ♀ type 1930 (syntype ♀). Paratype; Port St. John/ Pondoland/ Aug. 15-31 1923; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1923-463; Galesus / rectangularis/ Nixon/ ♀ paratype 1930 (syntype ♀). Paratype; Port St. John/ Pondoland/ Jan. 1924; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1924-97; Galesus / rectangularis/ Nixon/ ♀ paratype 1930 (syntype ♀). Paratype; Mossel Bay/ Cape Province / Dec. 1921; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1922-25; Galesus / rectangularis/ Nixon/ ♀ paratype 1930 (syntype ♀). Type; Mossel Bay/ Cape Province / June 1921; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1921-294; Galesus / rectangularis/ Nixon/ ♂ type 1930 (syntype ♂).

Type locality

South Africa, Eastern Cape Province, Port St Johns; Western Cape Province, Mossel Bay.

Remarks

There are four females and one male agreeing with Nixon’s description and labelled by him as Galesus rectangularis . 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 card points and are entire.