The Earwig Collection (Dermaptera) of the Manchester Museum, UK, with a complete type catalogue
Author
Miles, Claire
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2015
2015-10-01
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journal article
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10.5852/ejt.2015.141
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Diplatys adjacens
Hincks, 1955
a: 110
, fig. 143.
Type
material
1 ♂
,
paratype
, F3233.1291, dried, mounted on card.
Locality label
W. Almora Divn / Kumaon U.P. /
July 1917
, HGC.
Taxonomy
Diplatyidae
,
Diplatyinae
,
Diplatys
(
Syndiplatys
)
adjacens
Hincks, 1955
.
Remarks
1. Transferred by
Steinmann (1986a: 175)
.
2. The original description makes no reference to any
paratype
at MMUE.
3. The specimen carries Hincks’ determination label, stating ‘Paratype’.
4. The collector H.G. Champion is named in the description.
5. The locality Kumaun in the description, and Kumaon on the label, are variant spellings for a mountainous region in
Uttar Pradesh
,
India
.
6. Index card entry: UP = United Provinces, now
Uttar Pradesh
,
India
.