Type specimens and type localities of birds (Aves) collected by Gustav Adolf Fischer (1848 - 1886) in East Africa Author Frahnert, Sylke Author Turner, Donald A. Author Bracker, Cordula text Zootaxa 2023 2023-08-18 5334 1 1 84 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5334.1.1 journal article 264230 10.11646/zootaxa.5334.1.1 86bd1537-578b-462b-ae18-c669bc6e0dce 1175-5326 8261358 5CA866F3-0375-4E09-89FC-DBB259BAE535 Pytilia melba grotei Reichenow, 1919: 227 . Now : Pytilia melba grotei Reichenow, 1919 . See Blake et al. (1968: 314) . Syntype : ZMB 2000.20327 (Fischer no. 567), skin, male, collected in “Usegua”, 02.1882 . Syntype : ZMB 2000.20329 (Fischer no. 566), skin, female, collected in “Usegua”, 02.1882 . Syntype : ZMB 31980 (Stuhlmann no. 415), skin, male, collected by F. Stuhlmann at “Kionga”, 02.1895 . Syntype : ZMB 63.6 , skin, male, collected by H. Grote at Mikindani , 22.04.1909 . Syntype : ZMB 66.703 , skin, female, collected by H. Grote at Mikindani , 02.1910 . Syntype : ZMB 2000.20326 , skin, male, collected by H. Grote at Mikindani , 16.03.1909 . Syntype : ZMB 2000.20328 , skin, male, collected by H. Grote at Mikindani , 02.1910 . Syntype : ZMB 2000.20331 , skin, male, collected by H. Grote at Mikindani , 25.06.1909 . Syntype : ZMB 2000.20332 , skin, female, collected by H. Grote at Mikindani , 24.04.1910 . Syntype : ZMB 2000.20333 , skin, collected by H. Grote at Mikindani , 06.06.1910 . Type locality : “ Küstengebiet Deutsch-Ostafrikas” (= coastal regions of Tanzania from Tanga Region to Mozambique ), from the original description and “Kionga” [Quionga Bay, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique ], Mikindani [Mikindani, Mtwara Region , Tanzania ] and “Usegua” [Useguha country, Tanga Region , Tanzania ], the localities of the syntypes . Remarks : In the original description no type was chosen, and there were no inventory numbers for specimens provided; only the localities “Kionga”, Mikindani and Useguha were given. Therefore all listed specimens are regarded as syntypes . ZMB 2000.20327 and ZMB 2000.20329 were later also included in the type series for Pytelia melba useguhae Neunzig, 1928 (see below).