The type specimens of Paradisaeidae, Cnemophilidae and Ptilonorhynchidae (Aves) in the Museum für Naturkunde of the Humboldt-University of Berlin
Author
Steinheimer, Frank D.
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Ailuroedus melanotis astigmaticus
Mayr, 1931
Mayr, E. (1931): Die Vögel des Saruwaged und Herzoggebirges (NONeuguinea).
Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in
Berlin
17(5): 647 [639–723].
Now
Ailuroedus melanotis astigmaticus
Mayr, 1931
. See
Frith and Frith 2004: 237
. In
Mayr 1962a: 174
as
Ailuroedus crassirostris astigmaticus
, followed by
Dickinson 2003: 427
.
Gilliard 1969: 266
pointed out why he considered
A. melanotis
and
A. crassirostris
to be separate species.
HOLOTYPE
:
ZMB 30.1973
.
Adult
male. Loc.:
Ogeramnang
[Huon Peninsula,
Papua New Guinea
,
6°29' S
,
147°22' E
]. Date:
30 March 1929
.
Coll.
:
Mayr No.
1216.
Iris
: red (blood?).
Bill
: grey.
Testes
: small.
Weight
: 216 gms. [
Skin
; data on
Mayr
ZMB
label].
PARATYPES
:
ZMB
30.1970
.? Male [= immature male, cf.
Mayr 1931
]. Loc.: Junzaing. Date:
21 January 1929
. Coll.: Mayr No. 445. [Skin; data on Mayr
ZMB
label; no further data].
ZMB
30.1971
.? Female [= immature female, cf.
Mayr 1931
]. Loc.: Junzaing. Date: [
February 1929
, cf.
Mayr 1931
]. Coll.: Mayr No. 512 [on primary field label, 1386 on Mayr
ZMB
label; no further data]. [Skin].
ZMB
30.1972
. Male [= immature male, cf.
Mayr 1931
]. Loc.: Ogeramnang. Date:
27 March 1929
. Coll.: Mayr No. 1195. Iris: brown. Bill: whitish grey. Feet: light grey. Testes: small. Weight: 201 gms. [Skin; data on Mayr
ZMB
label].
COMMENTS: Dr. Ernst Mayr (1904–2005) collected in the Saruwaget Mountains from
8 December 1928
to
9 April 1929
. The operative base was Finschhafen, the coastal town of the HuonPeninsula, NENew
Guinea
. The village Ogeramnang is situated in the foothills of the Saruwaget Mountains at
1785m
a.s.l. (see
Mayr 1931: 640–646
, Greenway 1935,
Haffer 1997: 440–446
, 809–811 and
Steinheimer 2004: 94
).