Galesus (Schizogalesus) inquisitor Nixon 1930

Galesus (Schizogalesus) inquisitor Nixon, 1930: 400, 402, 404. Valid name

Coptera inquisitor (Nixon, 1930).

Syntype ♀, BMNH number 9.659. Syntype ♂, BMNH number 9.659b. Syntypes 12 ♀♀, 12 ♂♂.

Type; Mossel Bay/ Cape Province / 5-31.vii.1921; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1921-315; Galesus / inquisitor/ 1930 Nixon/ Type ♀ (syntype ♀). Paratype; Mossel Bay/ Cape Province / 15-28.iii.1922; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1922-153; Galesus / inquisitor/ 1930 Nixon (syntype ♀). Paratype; Mossel Bay/ Cape Province / 18-30.xi.1921; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./1922-2; Galesus / inquisitor/ 1930 Nixon (syntype ♀). Paratype; Mossel Bay/ Cape Province / Aug. 1921; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1921-353; Galesus / inquisitor/ 1930 Nixon (syntypes ♀, 4 ♂♂). Paratype; Mossel Bay/ Cape Province / May, 1921; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1921-248; Galesus / inquisitor/ 1930 Nixon (syntype ♀). Paratype; Mossel Bay/ Cape Province / October, 1921; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1921-450; Galesus / inquisitor/ 1930 Nixon (syntypes ♀, 4 ♂♂). Paratype; Mossel Bay/ Cape Province / 5-31.vii.1921; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1921-315; Galesus / inquisitor/ 1930 Nixon (syntypes ♀, 2 ♂♂). Paratype; Aliwal North/ Cape Province / 4350ft / 1-13.i.1923; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1923-70; Galesus / inquisitor/ 1930 Nixon (syntype ♀). Paratype; Port St. John/ Pondoland/ April 5-30. 1923; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1923-286; Galesus / inquisitor/ 1930 Nixon (syntype ♀). Paratype; Natal/ Kloof/ 1500ft / Sept. 1926; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1926-404; Galesus / inquisitor/ 1930 Nixon (syntype ♀). Paratype; Natal/ Van Reenen/ Drakensberg/ Nov. 1926; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1926-499; Galesus / inquisitor/ 1930 Nixon (syntypes 2 ♀♀). Paratype; Orange F. State/ Harrismith/ March 1-20. 1927; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1927-147; Galesus / inquisitor/ 1930 Nixon (syntype ♀). Type; Cape Province / Ceres/ March 1925; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1925-161; Galesus / inquisitor/ 1930 Nixon/ Type ♂ (syntype ♂). Paratype; Mossel Bay/ Cape Province / Dec. 1921; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1922-25; Galesus / inquisitor/ 1930 Nixon (syntype ♂). Paratype; Port St. John/ Pondoland/ May. 1924; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1924-289; Galesus / inquisitor/ 1930 Nixon (syntype ♂).

South Africa, Eastern Cape Province, Aliwal North and Port St Johns; Free State, Harrismith; KwaZulu- Natal, Van Reenen and Kloof; Western Cape Province, Ceres and Mossel Bay.

There are thirteen females and thirteen males agreeing with Nixon’s description and labelled by him as Galesus inquisitor. 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 syntypes are mounted on cards, except the four from Natal and Orange Free State, which are mounted on card points.