The Earwig Collection (Dermaptera) of the Manchester Museum, UK, with a complete type catalogue Author Miles, Claire text European Journal of Taxonomy 2015 2015-10-01 141 1 138 journal article 22122 10.5852/ejt.2015.141 242ace63-7ad9-489b-b849-8fd172d88983 2118-9773 3827836 2838F4A0-3FF9-4985-ACED-84CCBF9C59A3 Vandex hincksi Brindle, 1966 c: 44 , figs 5–6, 9. Type material 3 ♂♂ , paratypes , F3233.1624–1626; 2 ♀♀ , paratypes , F3233.1627–1628; dried, mounted on card. Locality labels F3233.1624: Coll. Mus. Congo / Ruanda : Rutovu, for. du / Rugege, 2350 m . / P. Basilewsky 20/23-I-53. F3233.1625–1627: Récolté dans / l’humus / (forêt Hagenia). // I.R.S.A.C.-Mus. Congo / Kivu : T. Kabare, contr. / S. E. du Kahuzi, / 13-VIII-1951 / N. Leleup. F3233.1628: Récolté dans / l’humus. // I.R.S.A.C.- Mus. Congo / Kivu : Terr. Lubero / 2.200 m . 27-XI- 1951 / N. Leleup / (for. mont. avec bamb.). Taxonomy Spongiphoridae , Vandicinae , Vandex hincksi Brindle, 1966 . Remarks 1. Index card entry: Africa, Zaire , Ruanda , Burundi borders, Kivu Province. 2. With regard to the locality of F3233.1624, Brindle (1966c: 46) states ‘This species was incorrectly recorded by the late Dr. W.D. Hincks in 1955 as V. schubotzi , on a series from the Rugege Forest, Ruanda . Only a pair from this series is now available, but these clearly belong to the present species.’