(taxonomy) Any one of two or morespecimens specified in the description of aspecies (or lower-order taxon), where no specimen has been designated asholotype.
1965 September, John E. Randall, “A Redescription of Sparisoma Atomarium (Poey), a Valid West Indian Parrotfish”, inNotulae Naturae,Academy of Natural Sciences,page 7:
Noting twosyntypes ofhoplomystax with 1 instead of 2 midventral scales posterior to the origin of the pelvics, and the unusual color ofS. abbotti, Dr. Bohlke kindly sent these fishes on loan.
1999, Raina L. Takumi,A Systematic Review of the Ectemnius (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) of Hawaii, University of California Publications in Entomology, Volume 118,University of California Press,page 49,
Of the specimens examined, 38 (20♂, 18♀) were collected by Perkins prior to 1899 and are possiblesyntypes.
2000, Jane B. Walker, James E. Keirans, Ivan G. Horak,The Genus Rhipicephalus (Acari, Ixodidae): A Guide to the Brown Ticks of the World,Cambridge University Press,page26:
One ♂syntype is in the Zoological Museum, Berlin [ZMB 17714] – see Moritz & Fischer (1981).
