Platystira peltata Sundevall, 1850: 105 .

VERBATIM TYPE LOCALITY: “ Caffraria inferiore. ”

CURRENT STATUS: Platystira peltata peltata Sundevall, 1850; Platysteiridae (Dickinson & Christidis 2014: 210) .

TYPE MATERIAL: There are no indications anywhere that Sundevall had more than one specimen for his description. The holotype is NRM 568751, a male collected 10 November 1842 at the uMlalazi River .

VERIFIED TYPE LOCALITY: uMlalazi River, KwaZulu-Natal .

COMMENTS: The type locality matches journal entries for this date and place. On 1 November Wahlberg camped at uMhlatuze River, moving to uMlalazi River on 2 November. On 6 November he moved to the uMatikulu River, and then to Thukela River mouth on 7 November and back to uMlalazi River on 10 November.