Esphalmenus weidneri Brindle, 1966

14. Esphalmenus weidneri Brindle, 1966 View in CoL

Original combination

Esphalmenus weidneri Brindle, 1966: 128–132 View in CoL .

Current combination

Esphalmenus weidneri Brindle, 1966 .

Type material

Holotype ( 1 male; dried, on cardboard) CHILE • 1 ♂ (Fig. 47); “Esphalmerus / weidneri / det. A. Brindle / Brindle ♂ / holotype // probably near / Santiago / Chile. / Dr. G. Rahm. // Type // Holotypoid // ZMH 76577 ”

Paratypes ( 1 female; dried, on cardboard: ZMH 76578 • 1 female, 2 nymphs; in ethanol: ZMH 76680 –76682) CHILE • 1 ♀ (Fig. 48); “Esphalmerus / weidneri / det. A. Brindle / Brindle ♀ / allotype // probably near / Santiago / Chile. / Dr. G. Rahm. // Allotype // Paratyoid // Z.I.M. / Hamburg // ZMH 76578 ” • 1 ♀ (Fig. 49); “Wahrscheinlich: / Umgeg. v. Santiago / Pater Dr. G. Rahm ded. / Eing. Nr. 135,1931. // Esphalmenus / weidneri Brindle / paratype ♀ + nymph // ZMH 76680 ” • 2 nymphs (Fig. 50–51); “ Wahrscheinlich: / Umgeg. v. Santiago / Pater Dr. G. Rahm ded. / Eing. Nr. 135,1931. // Esphalmenus / weidneri Brindle / paratype ♀ + nymph // ZMH 76681 – 76682 “

Type locality

Chile: probably Santiago.

Current status

Valid species.

Remarks

In the original description, Brindle (1966) lists five type specimens ( 1 male holotype, 1 female allotype, 2 female paratypes, 1 nymph), one of them being housed in the Manchester Museum (female paratype), while the remaining specimens are housed in the ZMH. One female paratype can indeed be found in the Manchester Museum ( Miles 2015), whereas five specimens can be found in the ZMH. All those specimens were also listed in the former type catalogue ( Weidner 1977). Either the original type series consisted of six instead of five specimens, or one specimen stated as female paratype is in fact not a type.