| Type name | Araeotanypus bicolor Petrovitz, 1967 |
| Type | Type | Correct name | Araeotanypus bicolor Petrovitz, 1967 |
| Sex | |
| Collector | Zumpt |
| Collection date | XII-1962 |
| Country | [RSA] |
| Region | W. Transvaal |
| Locality | Bloemhof |
| Latitude / Longitude | -27.65 ; 25.59
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| Comments | Paratype : F? |