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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Notauges Fischeri
Reichenow, 1884a: 54
.
Now
:
Lamprotornis fischeri
(Reichenow, 1884)
.
See
Amadon et al. (1962: 100)
.
Holotype
:
ZMH 6915
(
Fischer
no. 985), skin, female, collected on “Ebene bei Pare” (plains near the
Pare Mountains
), 04.08.[18]83.
Type locality
: “
Ebene bei Pare” [plains near
South Pare Mts
,
Kilimanjaro Region
,
Tanzania
], from the original description as well as locality of the
holotype
.
Remarks
: In the original description no type was chosen, and there were no inventory numbers for specimens provided, but measurements for
one specimen
and the locality “Ebene bei Pare” (plains near the Pare Mountains) were given. Fischer (1884) noted that he collected only
one specimen
(no. 985), and as there is no other Fischer specimen of this species, ZMH 6915 is the
holotype
. The specimen was mentioned as the type in
Bolau (1898)
, but with the wrong collecting date. Fischer collected this specimen on his return to the coast, and on that date he would have been near what is now the town of Mkomazi (north of Mazinde), at approximately
4°38’S
,
38°05’E
.