Galesus (Schizogalesus) turneri Nixon 1930

Galesus (Schizogalesus) turneri Nixon, 1930: 401, 402, 409.

Valid name

Coptera turneri (Nixon, 1930).

Summary of types

Syntype ♀, BMNH number 9.670. Syntype ♂, BMNH number 9.670b. Syntypes 2 ♀♀, ♂.

Primary type data

Type; Port St. John/ Pondoland/ Oct. 1923; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1923-547; Galesus / turneri/ Nixon/ ♀ type 1930 (syntype ♀). Paratype; Port St. John/ Pondoland/ 18-31 Mar. 1924; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1924-191; Galesus / turneri/ Nixon/ ♀ paratype 1930 (syntype ♀). Paratype; Mossel Bay/ Cape Province / Dec. 1921; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1922-25; Galesus / turneri/ Nixon/ ♀ paratype 1930 (syntype ♀). Type; Mossel Bay/ Cape Province / Dec. 1921; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1922-25; Galesus / turneri/ Nixon/ ♂ type 1930 (syntype ♂). Paratype; Mossel Bay/ Cape Province / 18-30.xi.1921; S.Africa/ R.E.Turner/ Brit. Mus./ 1922-2; Galesus / turneri/ Nixon/ ♂ paratype 1930 (syntype ♂).

Type locality

South Africa, Eastern Cape Province, Port St Johns; Western Cape Province, Mossel Bay.

Remarks

There are three females and two males agreeing with Nixon’s description and labelled by him as Galesus turneri. 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). The two syntypes from Port St John are mounted on card points, the three syntypes from Mossel Bay are mounted on cards; all are entire except for the male labelled as a paratype, which has the metasoma mounted separately.