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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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5334.1.1
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Sycobrotus Reichenowi
G.A. Fischer, 1884
(in
Fischer & Reichenow 1884b
): 180.
Now
:
Ploceus baglafecht reichenowi
(G.A. Fischer, 1884)
.
See
Amadon et al. (1962: 35)
.
Syntype
:
ZMB 27392
(B 18644, Fischer no. 763), skin, former mount, female, collected at Sigirari, 02.04.[18]83
.
Syntype
:
ZMB 27393
(B 18644, Fischer no. 932), skin, former mount, male, collected at “Gross Aruscha”, 15.07.[18]83
.
Syntype
:
ZMH 8377
(Fischer no. 840), skin, former mount, male, juvenile, collected at “Naiwascha”, [08.06.]1883
.
Type locality
: “Gross-Aruscha” [Arusha, Arusha Region,
Tanzania
] and “Naiwascha-See” [Lake Naivasha,
Nakuru County
,
Kenya
], from the original description, but “Gross-Aruscha” [Arusha, Arusha Region,
Tanzania
],
Sigirari
[Sigirari, Arusha Region,
Tanzania
] and “Naiwascha-See” [Lake Naivasha,
Nakuru County
,
Kenya
] as localities of the
three syntypes
.
Remarks
: In the original description no type was chosen, and no inventory numbers for specimens were provided, but measurements for
one specimen
, descriptions for both sexes, and the localities “Gross-Aruscha” and “Naiwascha-See” were given. Fischer (1884) listed
three specimens
for this species (nos. 932, 840, 763). All mentioned specimens are regarded as
syntypes
; ZMB 27392 with the vague locality Sigirari (not mentioned in the original description) is the only female, and a female is described in the original description. ZMH 8377 was mentioned as type specimen in
Bolau (1898)
, but with an incorrect catalogue number (6377).