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 Nesogaster cristata Brindle, 1976 b: 79 , figs 24–25. Type material 3 ♂♂ , paratypes , F3233.524–526; 2 ♀♀ , paratypes , F3233.527–528; dried, mounted on card. Locality labels F3233.524: New Caledonia / Mt. Koghi / 27.I.1963 . // C. Yoshimoto / & N. Krauss / Light Trap. F3233.525: New Caledonia / Plateau de / Dogny. // 30. III.1968 // J. L. Gressitt / Collector / Bishop Museum. F3233.526–527: New Caledonia / Plaine des Lacs / area, 6.XI.1958 . // C.R. Joyce / Collector. F3233.528: New Caledonia / Foret de Thi to / Hamma, 700–800 m / 16.VII.1958 . // Malkin & J. Rageau / Collectors. Taxonomy Spongiphoridae , Nesogastrinae , Nesogaster cristatus Brindle, 1976 . Remarks 1. Both Steinmann (1989c: 404) and Hopkins et al. (2014) refer to this species as cristatus . Brindle gives cristata in the original description and on the 1973 determination labels. 2. In the original description, the data for F3233.524 only matches that for one of the specimens described under ‘Other material examined’ as being at MMUE, a larva.