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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Phyllastrephus capensis suahelicus
Reichenow, 1904b: 405
.
Now
:
Phyllastrephus terrestris suahelicus
(Reichenow, 1904)
.
See
Mayr & Greenway (1960: 264)
.
Syntype
:
ZMB 27115
(B 18695, Fischer no. 589), mount, collected at
Masindi
, 08.08.[18]83.
Syntype
:
ZMB 2000.26585
, skin, collected in Usegua, 06.1882
.
Syntype
:
ZMB 2000.26586
, skin, collected in Usegua, 06.1882
Syntype
:
ZMB 2000.26587
, skin, collected in Usaramo, 01.1882
.
Syntype
:
ZMB 49.39
, skin, collected by
R. Böhm at Msua, 08.[1880].
Type locality
: “Ostafrika vom Pangani bis zum Rufiji” (
East Africa
from
Pangani River
to
Rufiji River
), from the original description, ascertained as coastal
Tanzania
[
Tanga Region
/
Pwani Region
,
Tanzania
], the localities of the
syntypes
.
Remarks
: In the original description no type was designated.All the listed specimens are referred to as examined material (characterized by their collecting data) in the description and are thus regarded as
syntypes
.
Sclater (1930: 382)
noted under
Phyllastrephus capensis suahelicus
Reichenow, 1904
“type in
Berlin
from Msua”. This cannot be considered the designation of a
lectotype
(
ICZN 1999
), as it was not stated that the specimen was selected from the series as given in the original description.