Corresponding author: Rodrigo B. Salvador (
Academic editor: I. Muratov
A small collection containing thirty-nine lots of South African
Salvador RB, Ablett JD (2020) Type specimens of Streptaxidae from Henry C. Burnup in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. African Invertebrates 61(2): 107–117.
A small but important collection of land snails is part of the
The labels of the small Burnup collection at the
As such, given that the
Soon after describing the species, Burnup sent the ‘type’ specimens of all his new taxa to the
Unfortunately, the original labels of Suter’s specimens were discarded when Suter’s collection was incorporated into the
Nine of ten Burnup lots with “paratype” indication at
Additional Burnup paratypes came to the
“Maritzburg; also Pinetown and Durban (Burnup), Nottingham Road (Taynton), all in Natal” (
Synonymous with
Burnup’s type specimens in the
“Nottingham Road (A. J. Taynton), very plentiful; also Karkloof and Curry’s Post (Taynton), all in Natal” (
Junior homonym of
The locality of the present specimens matches the type locality; they are thus considered paratypes. Further type specimens in the
“Ntimbankulu, Mid-Illovo (Burnup)” (
Accepted as
The locality of the present specimens matches the type locality; they are thus considered paratypes. Further type specimens in the
“Inhluzani Hill, Dargle, Natal (Burnup)” (
Accepted as
The locality of the present specimens matches the type locality; they are thus considered paratypes. Further type specimens in the
“Fort Nottingham; also Curry’s Post, Natal (A. J. Taynton)” (
Synonymous with
The locality of the present specimen (Nottingham Road) is not a perfect match to the type locality given by
“Nottingham Road (Taynton); also Karkloof (McBean), Curry’s Post and Fort Nottingham (Taynton), Dargle and Edendale (Burnup)” (
Accepted as
The locality of the present specimens matches the type locality; they are thus considered paratypes. Further type specimens in the
“Game Pass, Upper Mooi River, Natal (Burnup)” (
Accepted as
The locality of the present specimens matches the type locality; they are thus considered paratypes. Further type specimens in the
“Gowie’s Kloof, Grahamstown, Cape of Good Hope (Farquhar)” (
Accepted as
The locality of the present specimens does not match exactly the type locality, since there is no mention of Gowie’s Kloof on the label. However,
“Ntimbankulu, Mid-Illovo (Burnup). Other localities: Karkloof (Taynton), Maritzburg, Howick and Dargle (Burnup)” (
Synonymous with
The locality of the type figured by
The present specimens from Burnup’s collection include previously unrecognised type specimens of eight taxa. Further historical type material of terrestrial snails has also been recently re-discovered in the
We are very grateful to Dai Herbert and Linda Davis for information about the types in the NMSA collection and several helpful comments on the manuscript; to Ashleigh Immers (
Below are listed the paratypes of the species treated herein, housed in the collection of the KwaZulu-Natal Museum (NMSA), Pietermaritzburg, South Africa:
There are further – non-type – specimens of