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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1
138
journal article
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10.5852/ejt.2015.141
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Vostox dentatus
Brindle, 1988
: 50
, figs 7–8.
Type
material
1 ♂
,
holotype
, F3233.1637 (
Fig. 42
);
12 ♂♂
,
paratypes
, F3233.1638–1649;
13 ♀♀
,
paratypes
, F3233.1650–1662; dried, mounted on card. In spirit:
18 ♂♂
,
12 ♀♀
,
paratypes
, F3448.46.
Type
locality
Panama
, Fortuna / Wet forest / at light,
1050m
/
1.9.1976
/ Dr. Henk Wolda, STRI.
Locality labels
As for
type
, except dates: F3233.1651,
28 Sep. 1976
;F3233.1643, F3233.1648,
11 Oct.1976
;F3233.1646, F3233.1650,
17 Nov. 1976
; F3233.1638, F3233.1652, F3233.1659,
21 Nov. 1976
; F3233.1647,
23 May 1977
; F3233.1661,
5 Aug. 1977
; F3233.1660,
16 Aug. 1977
; F3233.1644, 25 Spe. 1977; F3233.1658,
27 Sep. 1977
; F3233.1642,
3 Jun. 1978
; F3233.1655,
15 Jul. 1978
; F3233.1649,
12 Sep. 1978
; F3233.1662,
21 Sep. 1978
; F3233.1640–1641,
25 Sep. 1978
; F3233.1639, F3233.1656,
11 Dec. 1978
; F3233.1657,
13 Nov. 1978
; F3233.1653,
3 May 1979
; F3233.1645, F3233.1654,
1 Jun. 1979
.
F3448.46:
Panama
:
Chiriqui Province
/ Fortuna.
1050 m
. at light /
1977–1978
. Dr. Henk Wolda / Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute /
Vostox dentatus Brindle
/
Paratypes
18 ♂
,
12 ♀
/ det. A.
Brindle 1980
.
Taxonomy
Spongiphoridae
,
Spongiphorinae
,
Vostox dentatus
Brindle, 1988
.
Remark
The original description refers to
12 female
paratypes
at MMUE, not 13. Dates for all the MMUE specimens fall within the range given in the description (
28.ix.1976
–
1.vi.1979
) and the locality data match.