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
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-08-18
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Crithagra dorsostriata
Reichenow, 1887: 72
.
Now
:
Crithagra dorsostriata
Reichenow, 1887
.
See
White (1963: 109)
, but see
Blake et al. (1968: 221)
.
Syntype
:
ZMB 2000.32536
(Fischer no. 153)
,
skin, male, collected at “Kagehi (Massailand)”, [
23.11.1885
] (male to
ZMB 2000.32537
)
.
Syntype
:
ZMB 2000.32537
(Fischer no. 184), skin, female, collected at “Kagehi (Massailand)”, [
04.12.1885
]
.
Syntype
:
ZMB 2000.32538
(Fischer no. 84), skin, male, juvenile, collected in “Wembaere”, [
26.10.1885
]
.
Syntype
(missing): collected in “Niansa” [
Lake Victoria
,
Kenya
/
Tanzania
], [
15.11.1885
]
.
Syntype
(missing): collected at Schasche, [
25.01.1886
].
Type locality
: “Kagehi”, “Wembaere”, “Niansa” and Schasche, the localities of the
syntypes
.
Remarks
: In the original description no type was chosen, and there were no inventory numbers for specimens provided, but measurements for more than one individual were given, and different localities and dates for five collected specimens were listed, so all five are regarded as
syntypes
. The whereabouts of specimens from “Niansa” (
Lake
Victoria) and (Mt.) Schasche are unknown. All specimens of this species in the ZMB collection have Fischer’s original labels with the determination “
Crithagra
”, to which Reichenow evidently added “
dorsostriata
”.
Sclater (1930: 815)
mentioned for
Crithagra dorsostriata
Reichenow, 1887
“type in
Berlin
museum, Wembere”. However, this was not accepted as valid designation of a
lectotype
in the sense of
ICZN (1999)
, as it was unclear that the specimen had been chosen from the series as given in the original description.