Pseudovostox africanus subsp. meridionalis Brindle 1970
- Dataset
- The Earwig Collection (Dermaptera) of the Manchester Museum, UK, with a complete type catalogue
- Rank
- SUBSPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Dermaptera
- family
- Spongiphoridae
- genus
- Pseudovostox
discussion
Taxonomy Spongiphoridae, Geracinae, Pseudovostox africanus meridionalis Brindle, 1970. Remarks 1. Hopkins et al. (2014) refer to this species as ‘ africana’. Brindle named the subspecies P. africanus meridionalis in the original description and subsequently (Brindle 1973 f: 136). Steinmann (1989 c: 424) has P. africanus meridionalis. 2. Additional information on the index card: Tanzania, Musosa.
materials_examined
Type material 1 ♀, paratype, F 3233.1591, dried, mounted on card. Locality label Coll. Mus. Congo / Tanganika: Musosa, 980 m. / (à la lumiere) XI- 1953 / H. Bomans.