Artamus leucorhynchus tenuis Mayr

Artamus leucorhynchus tenuis Mayr, 1943: 268 (Gaua, Banks Is.) .

Now Artamus leucorynchus tenuis Mayr, 1945 . See Mayr, 1962b: 163; Bregulla, 1992: 272–274; Dickinson, 2003: 464; and Rowley and Russell, 2009b: 305.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 214076, adult female, collected on Lakon (= Gaua) Island, 14.17S, 167.30E (USBGN, 1974b), Banks Islands, Vanuatu (= New Hebrides), on 10 September 1926, by Jose Correia on the Whitney South Sea Expedition (no. 22622).

COMMENTS: In the original description, Mayr cited the AMNH catalog number of the holotype and noted that he examined 45 specimens from 10 islands in Vanuatu. The 42 paratypes in AMNH, all collected in 1926, are: Efate Island, AMNH 213003–213010, 223956, two males, seven females, 2 June, 21– 29 June ; Lelepa Island, AMNH 216268, 216269, 216294, 219897, two males, two females, 22 December ; Mataso Island, AMNH 213001, male, 22 July ; Makura Island, AMNH 212995–212998, 213012, four males, one female, 22–23 July ; Lopavi Island, AMNH 213011, 213663–213665, one male, three females, 9 August ; Ambrym Island, AMNH 212999, 213000, 213013, 213660– 213662, five males, one female, 14–16 August ; Malakula Island, AMNH 213666– 213668, three females, 20–26 August ; Santo Island, AMNH 214074, 214079, male, female, 31 August ; Gaua Island, Banks Islands, AMNH 213002, 214075, 214077, 214078, 216266, 216267, 216270, 216293, four males, three females, one sex?. I did not find specimens from Epi Island. Two specimens, AMNH 664804, 664805, with no information other than ‘‘ New Hebrides’ ’ were not considered paratypes .