A catalogue of the types of Diapriinae (Hymenoptera, Diapriidae) at the Natural History Museum, London Author Notton, David G. text European Journal of Taxonomy 2014 2014-02-26 75 1 123 journal article 21797 10.5852/ejt.2014.75 34311ed9-34bd-47f8-87cc-f4d34ce42eee 2118-9773 3862773 E02C736E-661D-407F-9322-24BFB95E233E Galesus ( Schizogalesus ) difficilis Nixon, 1930: 401 , 402, 412. Valid name Coptera difficilis ( Nixon, 1930 ) . Summary of types Syntype ♀ , BMNH number 9.657. Syntype ♂ , BMNH number 9.657b. Syntypes 2 ♀♀ , 12 ♂♂ . Primary type data Type; Mossel Bay/ Cape Province / Febr. 1922; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1922-97 ; Galesus / difficilis/ 1930 Nixon/ type ♀ ( syntype ♀ ). Paratype ; Mossel Bay/ Cape Province / Febr. 1922; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1922-97 ; Galesus / difficilis/ 1930 Nixon ( syntype ♀ ). Paratype ; Zululand/ Mtunzini/ 7.vi.1926 ; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1926-277; Galesus / difficilis/ 1930 Nixon ( syntype ♀ ). Type; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1922-129; Mossel Bay/ Cape Province / 1-13. iii.1922 ; Galesus / difficilis/ 1930 Nixon/ type ♂ ( syntype ♂ ). Paratype ; Mossel Bay/ Cape Province / 1-13.iii.1922 ; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1922-129; Galesus / difficilis/ 1930 Nixon ( syntypes 4♂♂ ). Paratype ; Mossel Bay/ Cape Province / Febr. 1922; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1922-97 ; Galesus / difficilis/ 1930 Nixon ( syntypes 4♂♂ ). Paratype ; Mossel Bay/ Cape Province / 15-28.iii.1922 ; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1922-158; Galesus / difficilis/ 1930 Nixon ( syntypes 3♂♂ ). Paratype ; Umatata/ Transkei/ 18.ii-18.iii.1923 ; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1923-189; Galesus / difficilis/ 1930 Nixon ( syntype ♂ ). Type locality South Africa , Eastern Cape Province , Transkei; KwaZulu-Natal , Mtunzini; Western Cape Province , Mossel Bay. Remarks There are three females and thirteen males agreeing with Nixon’s description and labelled by him as Galesus difficilis . 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 male syntypes and the female syntype from Mossel Bay labelled as “ paratype ” are mounted on cards and are entire. The other female syntypes are mounted on card points and are entire.