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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Lusciola africana
G.A.
Fischer & Reichenow, 1884b: 182
.
Now
:
Luscinia megarhynchos africana
(G.A. Fischer & Reichenow, 1884)
.
See
Deignan et al. (1964: 41)
.
Holotype
:
ZMB 27015
(B 18604, Fischer no. 716), skin, former mount, [male], collected at “Klein-Aruscha”, 16.03.[18]83.
Type locality
: “Klein-Aruscha am
Kilimandjaro
” [
Arusha
Chini
,
Arusha 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 “Klein-Aruscha am
Kilimandjaro
” were given. As Fischer (1884) listed only
one specimen
for this species (no. 716), ZMB 27015 is the
holotype
. The inventory number was not mentioned on the museum label, but it was labelled as the type specimen. Although noted as missing in the catalogue around 1950, it seems to be the only Fischer specimen of this species, so must be the type.