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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Symplectes stictifrons
G.A. Fischer &
Reichenow, 1885
(in
Reichenow 1885
): 373.
Now
:
Ploceus bicolor stictifrons
(G.A. Fischer &
Reichenow, 1885
)
.
See
Amadon et al. (1962: 55)
.
Syntype
:
ZMB 30723
(B 19013, Fischer no. 590), skin, former mount, collected at
Lindi
, 04.[18]82.
Syntype
:
ZMB 2000.32541
(B 19013), skin, juvenile, collected at
Lindi
, 04.[18]82.
Syntype
:
ZMB 2000.32542
(B 19013), skin, juvenile, collected at
Lindi
, 04.[18]82.
Type locality
:
Lindi
[
Lindi
,
Lindi Region
,
Tanzania
], from the original description as well as locality of the
syntypes
.
Remarks
:
Reichenow (1885)
included a description for
Symplectes stictifrons
but mentioned that it was described by Fischer and Reichenow. In the original description no type was chosen, and there were no inventory numbers for specimens provided, and only the locality
Lindi
was given. As there are three 1882
Lindi
specimens of this species at the ZMB that were probably collected for Fischer (see
Fischer 1885a
), they are all regarded as
syntypes
. In
Fischer (1885a)
they were listed under the name
Sycobrotus bicolor
. The entry catalogue however refers to only
two specimens
, which may be an error, or that one of the juveniles was originally not included in the collection. USNM 105550 is not a type specimen as it was not collected at
Lindi
.