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 Ardea flavimana Sundevall, 1850: 111 . VERBATIM TYPE LOCALITY: “ in Caffraria superiore (ad Mooje revier) ” CURRENT STATUS: Synonym of Egretta ardesiaca (Wagler, 1827) ; Ardeidae ( Dickinson & Remsen 2013:190 ) TYPE MATERIAL: Sundevall, in his original description (1850: 111) gave data for the female only and stated that data for the male is not known. According to Sundevall’s acquisition catalogue he had access to two females . Gyldenstolpe (1926: 98–99) referred to NRM 569857 [7943] as “type”, which we treat as a lectotype designation of this adult female collected 22 October 1844 near Potchefstroom. Paralectotype : NRM 90148449 [7942], an adult female collected 12 October 1844 near Potchefstroom . VERIFIED TYPE LOCALITY: Mooi River , near Potchefstroom , North West Province , South Africa .