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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Andropadus insularis subalaris
Reichenow, 1903a: 544
.
Now
:
Andropadus importunus insularis
Hartlaub, 1861
; but see
Mayr & Greenway (1960: 254)
.
Syntype
:
ZMB 49.34
(Fischer no. 181), skin, female, collected at
Malindi
, 02.06.[1878].
Syntype
:
ZMB 29657
(Fischer no. 189), skin, male, collected at
Malindi
, 04.06.[1878].
Type locality
: Malindi [
Malindi
,
Kilifi County
,
Kenya
], from the original description as well as locality of the
syntypes
.
Remarks
: In the original description, no type was chosen and there were no inventory numbers for specimens provided, with only the collector Fischer and the locality “
Malindi
” being mentioned. As no other specimens match the collecting data, the above-listed specimens are
syntypes
for this species. Both were listed in
Fischer & Reichenow (1879: 348)
as
Andropadus flavescens
.