Arixenia jacobsoni Burr, 1912 : 105

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 : 64-65

Arixenia jacobsoni Burr, 1912: 105 , fig.

Type material

2 syntypes, gender not specified, F3233.1866–67 ( Fig. 16 ); 1 ♂, syntype, F3233.1868.

Locality labels

F3233.1866: E. Jacobson / Babakan. (Ban- / joemas) / Java / Mrt 1911 / Gouwa Lawa (grot) // Cotype // 3550 // A. jacobsoni Burr / det. Burr // Ex Mus. Tring / via Dr. K. Jordan.

F3233.1867: As F3233.1866 except number 3551.

F3233.1868: As F3233.1866 except number 3547 and det. label: Arixenia jacobsoni / Burr ♂ / det. Burr.

Taxonomy

Arixeniidae , Xeniaria jacobsoni ( Burr, 1912) .

Remarks

1. Transferred by Maa ( Nakata & Maa 1974: 319).

2. In the original description, the author refers to the ‘nomotype’ being in his collection and to ‘numerous specimens: Edw. Jacobson.’

3. In the original description, the locality is given as Banjoumas Residency, Gouwa Lawa cave near the sea-shore at Babakan, Java.

Figures

Figs 15–16. Parasitic earwigs from the collection of the Manchester Museum. 15. Arixenia esau Jordan, 1909. 16. A. jacobsoni Burr, 1912 (now Xeniaria jacobsoni), syntype. Scale bars = 1 cm.