Type specimens and type localities of Peruvian birds described by Jean Cabanis on the basis of Konstanty Jelski's collections
Author
Mlíkovský, Jiří
Author
Frahnert, Sylke
text
Zootaxa
2009
2171
29
47
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.189227
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1175-5326
189227
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Mecocerculus taeniopterus
Cabanis
Mecocerculus taeniopterus
Cabanis, 1874
: 98
.
Now
:
Mecocerculus stictopterus taeniopterus
Cabanis, 1874
. See
Cory & Hellmayr (1927: 397)
.
Type
series
:
Cabanis (1874: 98)
based this species on one or more unsexed specimens, but he had only one specimen at disposal, according to the Accession Catalogue of the
ZMB
. This
holotype
is deposited in the
ZMB
.
Holotype
:
ZMB
21611 (B-10240), unsexed, collected by Jelski on an unknown date [=
May to September 1871
or
February 1873
] in "central
Peru
" [= Sillapata or Maraynioc,
Peru
]. Received in spirit (cf.
Cabanis 1874
: 97).
Type
locality
:
Cabanis (1874: 98–99)
did not know the exact locality where the
holotype
was collected, just that it originated from "central
Peru
".
Taczanowski (1875: 533)
wrote that Jelski sent him this species only from "Sillapeta" and "Maraynioc". The
holotype
thus probably originated from Sillapata [
11.22°S
,
75.91°W
] or from Maraynioc [
11.37°S
,
75.40°W
], both located in central
Peru
not far from each other.
Remarks
:
Taczanowski (1875: 533)
wrote about "deux mâles de Sillapeta et du Maraynioc" (two males from Sillapeta and from Maraynioc). Both of these specimens, collected by Jelski on
8 February 1873
(MIZ 33905) and on
5 June 1871
(MIZ 33914), respectively, are still deposited in the MIZ (
Mlíkovský 2009b
).
Taczanowski (1874)
thus probably omitted from his list of Jelski's specimens a
double
sold to Cabanis. The MIZ specimens have no
type
status (see
Mlíkovský 2009b
for details).