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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Francolinus Fischeri
Reichenow, 1887: 51
.
Now
:
Pternistis hildebrandti hildebrandti
(
Cabanis, 1878
)
.
See
Reichenow (1901: 478)
; but see also
Peters (1934: 81)
;
Crowe
et al.
(2019)
.
Holotype
:
ZMB 30915
[Fischer no. 56, see
Reichenow (1887: 51)
], skin, female, former mount, collected on the “Weg nach Ussure” (Wembere floodplains on the way to Ussure), 04.10.[1885].
Type locality
: “
Weg nach Ussure” [
Wembere
floodplains on the way to
Ussure
(near
Salanda
),
Singida Region
,
Tanzania
], from the original description as well as locality of the
holotype
.
Remarks
: In the original description, no inventory number for the type specimen was given, but
one specimen
(no. 56) and the collecting data were mentioned. As only a female was described and the measurements for one individual were given, ZMB 30915 is regarded as the
holotype
.