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 text Zootaxa 2023 2023-08-18 5334 1 1 84 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5334.1.1 journal article 264230 10.11646/zootaxa.5334.1.1 86bd1537-578b-462b-ae18-c669bc6e0dce 1175-5326 8261358 5CA866F3-0375-4E09-89FC-DBB259BAE535 Pytelia melba useguhae Neunzig, 1928: 109 . Now : Pytilia melba grotei Reichenow, 1919 . See Blake et al. (1968: 315) . Holotype : ZMB 2000.20327 (Fischer no. 567), skin, male, collected in “Usegua”, 02.1882. Paratype : ZMB 2000.20329 (Fischer no. 566), skin, female, collected in “Usegua”, 02.1882 . Paratype : ZMB 2000.20330 , skin, male, collected by K. Hofmann at Magogoni , 15.08.1911 . Paratype : ZMB 2000.20334 , skin, female, collected by K. Hofmann at Magogoni , 12.04.1911 –1912. Paratype : ZMB 2000.20335 , skin, male, collected by K. Hofmann at Magogoni , 12.04.1911 –1912. Paratype : ZMB 2000.20337 , skin, female, collected by K. Hofmann at “Morogoro-Kiroka” . Paratype : ZMB 2000.20336 , skin, female, collected by K. Hofmann at “Bismarckburg” . Paratype (missing, ZMH ): skin, male, juvenile, collected by F. Stuhlmann at Mbusini , Usegua . Type locality : Useguha and “Landstriche am Rufu” ( Useguha and “area along the Ruvu River ”), from the original description ascertained as Useguha [Useguha country, Wazigwa country, Tanga Region , Tanzania ], the locality of the holotype . Remarks : In the original description a male collected by Fischer in Usegua was chosen as the “Typus” ( holotype ), and another seven specimens were mentioned as additional material ( paratypes ) in the Berlin and Hamburg collections. Therefore ZMB 2000.20327 is designated as the holotype , while all other specimens in the ZMH and ZMB collections in 1928 are listed as paratypes . The whereabouts of the missing specimen are unknown. No specimens could be traced in Hamburg , and the missing ZMH specimen were probably destroyed in World War II.