Avian type localities and the type specimens collected by Johan August Wahlberg in southern Africa Author Dean, W. Richard J. 0000-0002-6541-3565 Research Associate, FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701 South Africa. wrjdean 01 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6541 - 3565 & Wolwekraal Conservation and Research Organisation, P. O. Box 47, Prince Albert 6930, South Africa. & South African Environmental Observation Network, Arid Lands Node, Kimberley, South Africa. wrjdean01@gmail.com Author Åhlander, Erik Swedish Museum of Natural History, Zoology, Box 50007, SE- 104 05 Stockholm, Sweden. Author Johansson, Ulf S. Swedish Museum of Natural History, Zoology, Box 50007, SE- 104 05 Stockholm, Sweden. text Zootaxa 2022 2022-05-12 5134 4 521 560 journal article 55543 10.11646/zootaxa.5134.4.3 6cdcd17b-e695-4d2b-9f19-d6c2cf59a722 1175-5326 6541737 79D78E49-C127-4EB8-BEA2-784B0BC65363 Hirundo semirufa Sundevall, 1850: 107 . VERBATIM TYPE LOCALITY: “ Hab. in Caffraria superiore .” CURRENT STATUS: Cecropis semirufa semirufa ( Sundevall, 1850 ) ; Hirundinidae ( Dickinson & Christidis 2014: 478 ) . TYPE MATERIAL: Sundevall, in his brief original description (1850: 107) gave no indication that he had more than a single specimen at hand. His acquisition catalogue, however, shows that there were two skins available. Gyldenstolpe (1926: 68–69) referred to NRM 569780 [7076] as a “type”, here treated as a lectotype designation of this study skin of a male collected 18 November 1841 at Magaliesberg. The paralectotype , NRM 90144785 [7077], is a female collected 11 December 1841 at Magaliesberg . VERIFIED TYPE LOCALITY: Magalies Berge , junction of Hennops River and Crocodile River , southwest of Pretoria , Gauteng Province . COMMENTS: The only entry in Wahlberg’s journal for this day ( 18 November 1841 ) is “fully occupied”. However, he recorded collecting a specimen of “ Hirundo senegalensis ” [in error for Hirundo ( Cecropis ) semirufa ] at Mooi River (Potchefstroom) on 8 November and then another specimen on 14 November on the southern edge of the Magaliesberg, close to Hartebeespoort. The Potchefstroom specimen has not been located in the collections. The restricted type locality suggested by Gyldenstolpe (1934) is unlikely. The confluence between the Crocodile and Hennops Rivers is well south of the track that Wahlberg was thought to have used when travelling from Holfontein to Hartebeesport (map B, p. 129 in Craig & Hummel 1992). If the type was collected on 18 November, the TL should be restricted to Hartebeespoort. If the type was collected on 14 November 1841 , Wahlberg was camped at “Herman Potgieter’s farm” at Olifantsnek on this day and reached Hartebeespoort on the 15 November (see “Problems with labels and collecting localities” in the Introduction).