Monelata nigra Whittaker, 1930: 133 .

Valid name

Monelata solida (Thomson, 1858) .

Summary of types

Holotype ♀, BMNH number 9.688, by original designation . Paratypes 3 ♀♀.

Primary type data

Type; Type; Hollyburn/ B.C. 8.ix.29/ coll. O.W.; Canada:/ O.Whittaker coll./ per W.H.Storey/ B.M.1947- 212; 4379/ Monelata / nigra, Whitt. / ♀ / Det. O.Whittaker.

Type locality

Canada, British Columbia, Hollyburn.

Remarks

The description was based on 12 ♀♀. Whittaker referred to paratypes, implying that there was a holotype. The holotype is mounted on a card and is entire.