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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Laniarius cathemagmenus
Reichenow, 1887: 63
.
Now
:
Rhodophoneus cruentus cathemagmenus
(
Reichenow, 1887
)
.
See
Mayr & Greenway (1960: 326)
.
Syntype
:
ZMB 28271
(B 20095 female, Fischer no. 11), skin, former mount, female, collected at “Loeru, Massaigebiet”, 05.09.[18]85
.
Syntype
:
ZMB 28272
(B 20095 male, Fischer no. 10), skin, former mount, male, collected at “Loeru, Massaigebiet”, 05.09.[18]85
.
Type locality
:
Loeru
[Loeru, southeast of Konda,
Dodoma Region
,
Tanzania
] and
Ugaia
[Ugaia country (south of Kavirondo Gulf), Homa Bay County,
Kenya
], from the original description and ascertained as
Loeru
[Loeru, southeast of Konda,
Dodoma Region
,
Tanzania
], the locality of the
syntypes
.
Remarks
: In the description no type was chosen nor were inventory numbers for specimens given. The characters were described and measurements given for both sexes, and the localities “Loeru” and “Ugaia” were given. Therefore both ZMB 28272 and ZMB 28271 are
syntypes
. The locality “Ugaia” was given for “birds observed” (from Fischer’s diary). Therefore the type locality is ascertained as Loeru [Loeru, southeast of Konda,
Dodoma Region
,
Tanzania
].