Typus deest

[Piotr Naskrecki]

Greetings,

Does anyone know what the term "Typus deest" mean? I assume it is Latin
although I found it in a catalog of type specimens of the Naturihistoriska
Rijksmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden.

Cheers,
Piotr
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Piotr Naskrecki, Ph. D.
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