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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Cypselus Niansae
Reichenow, 1887: 61
.
Now
:
Apus niansae niansae
(
Reichenow, 1887
)
.
See
Reichenow (1902a: 379)
; but see also
Peters (1940: 247)
.
Holotype
:
ZMB 49.331
(Fischer no. 126), skin, female, collected at “Kagehi”, 16.11.[1885].
Type locality
:
“
Kagehi” [
Kayenzi
,
Mwanza Region
, northern
Tanzania
] as the locality of the
holotype
.
Remarks
: In the original description only
one specimen
(no. 126) was given, so ZMB 49.331 is regarded as the
holotype
. It was inventoried in 1949 with the notice “Typ” [type specimen].