Type specimens of birds of the genus Batis (Aves: Platysteiridae) at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin Author Frahnert, Sylke 0000-0001-8486-839X Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstrasse 43, D- 10115 Berlin, Germany. sylke. frahnert @ mfn. berlin; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8486 - 839 X sylke.frahnert@mfn.berlin Author Louette, Michel AfricaMuseum, B 3080 Tervuren, Belgium. Author Eckhoff, Pascal 0000-0002-5995-3485 Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstrasse 43, D- 10115 Berlin, Germany. pascal. eckhoff @ mfn. berlin; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5995 - 3485 pascal.eckhoff@mfn.berlin text Zootaxa 2021 2021-10-14 5052 2 249 260 journal article 3987 10.11646/zootaxa.5052.2.5 f2daf753-e802-4035-9a1f-6878de66e7ca 1175-5326 5568681 9C0D1455-5E80-4D9A-BE86-7C73F05B0A3E Batis puella soror Reichenow, 1903: 485 Now: Batis soror Reichenow, 1903 . See Mayr et al. (1986: 382) . Syntype : ZMB 24759 ( B 15694, Fischer, no. 162) , skin, former mount, female, collected by G . A . Fischer on Sansibar , 29.03.[18]78. Syntype : ZMB 28018 (Stuhlmann, no. 607), skin, male, collected by F . Stuhlmann at Quilimane, 29.01.1889 . Syntype : ZMB 28019 (Stuhlmann, no. 612), skin, female, collected by F . Stuhlmann at Quilimane, 29.01.1889 . Syntype : ZMB 28020 (Stuhlmann, no. 608), skin, male, collected by F . Stuhlmann at Quilimane, 29.01.1889 . Syntype : ZMB 2000.6501 (Stuhlmann, no. 612), skin, female, collected by F . Stuhlmann at Quilimane, 29.01.1889 . Syntype : ZMB 2000.6502 , skin, male, collected by F. Fülleborn at Undi, [1898‒1900]. Syntype : ZMB 2000.64515 (Stuhlmann, no. 272), skin, male, collected by F . Stuhlmann on Sansibar , 03.11.1888 . Syntype : ZMB 2000.64541 ( B 53 , Stierling, no. 154) , skin, male, collected by N . Stierling at Humbluti, 16.08.1900 . Syntype : ZMB 2000.64543 ( B 53 , Stierling, no. 83) , skin, male, juvenile, collected by N . Stierling at Songea, 18.07.1900 . Syntype : ZMB 2000.64544 ( B 53 , Stierling, no. 143) , skin, male, collected by N . Stierling at Songea, 06.08.1900 . Syntype : ZMB 2000.64545 ( B 53 , Stierling, no. 130) , skin, female, collected by N . Stierling at Songea, 03.08.1900 . Syntype : ZMB 2000.64546 , skin, male, collected by F. Fülleborn at Songea, 07. [1898‒1900]. Syntype : ZMB 2000.64547 (Marwitz, no. 92), skin, female, collected by W . L . H . von der Marwitz at Malangali , 26.08. 1899 . Syntype : ZMB 2000.64563 ( B 53 , Stierling, no. 82) , skin, male, collected by N . Stierling at Songea, 18.07.1900 . Type locality: “ Sansibar und Niassagebiet bis Quilimane” [ Zanzibar and the Lake (Nyassa) Malawi region to Quelimane, Tanzania , Mozambique ]. Remarks : In the description of Batis puella soror Reichenow, 1903 , no type was chosen.All the listed specimens are mentioned as studied material (characterized by their collecting data) in the description and are regarded as syntypes . For all types, the locality and month, but no numbers are given, so there might be further syntypes outside the ZMB. Neumann (1907a) wrongly excluded specimen ZMB 2000.64547 of the type series and corrected the locus typicus to “Songea” when he excluded the subspecies B. m. littoralis Neumann, 1907a .