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 Estrilda melanogenys Sundevall, 1850: 97 . VERBATIM TYPE LOCALITY: “ Hab. in Caffraria ( Port Natal ). ” CURRENT STATUS: Coccopygia melanotis (Temminck, 1823) ; Estrildidae ( Dickinson & Christidis 2014: 295 ) . STATUS REFERENCE: Sclater (1930: 793–794) recognized bocagei Shelley, 1903 and quartinia (Bonaparte, 1850) in the genus Coccopygia . White (1963: 189) and Traylor (1968: 338) both recognized bocagei and quartinia in the genus Estrilda ; Clancey et al. (1980: 283) recognized bocagei but separated quartinia as a full species in the genus Estrilda ; Fry et al. (2004: 272–273) and Dickinson & Christidis (2014: 295) recognized bocagei but separated Coccopygia quartinia as a full species. TYPE MATERIAL: Sundevall, in his original description, gave data for both male and female. According to Sundevall’s manuscript acquisition catalogue, he had six specimens available for his description. Gyldenstolpe (1926: 10) referred to NRM 568694 [6111] as a “type”, treated here as a lectotype designation of this male collected 22 July 1840 in Durban. The five paralectotypes are: NRM 568695 [6335], a juvenile male collected 2 June 1841 in Durban ; NRM 554384 [6112], a female collected 22 July 1840 in Durban ; two specimens [6334 and 6336], a male and a female from “Caffraria” (no other data), sent on exchange to Berlin in 1853 (not found in the ZMB collection); and a specimen [6333], also from “Caffraria” (no other data), sent to Professor Peter Wahlberg in 1858 . VERIFIED TYPE LOCALITY: Durban , Kwa-Zulu Natal . COMMENTS: Dates and place agree with the journal entries.