Plocepasser mahali ansorgei Hartert

Plocepasser mahali ansorgei Hartert, 1907a: 487 (Wawayella, Benguella) .

Now Plocepasser mahali ansorgei Hartert, 1907 . See Hartert, 1919: 144; Dean, 2000: 305; Dickinson, 2003: 715; Fry and Keith, 2004: 56–58; and Craig, 2010: 135.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 722393, adult male, collected at Wawayella, Benguela, Angola, on 12 July 1904, by W.J. Ansorge (no. 292). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Hartert gave Ansorge’s unique field number of the holotype in the original description, listing 11 specimens in his type series. The following are paratypes: Wawayella, AMNH 722394–722396 (Ansorge nos. 291, 293, 294), two adult and one juvenile female, 12 July 1904 ; Sandpits, AMNH 722397 (277), juvenile male, 10 July 1904 ; Katenge, AMNH 722398 (65), adult male, 18 June 1904 ; Kimahole River, AMNH 722399 (332), adult male, 29 January 1905 ; Kipachango, AMNH 722400 (304), adult male, AMNH 722401 (305), adult female, 26 January 1905; Kasimo River, AMNH 722402 (3322), adult male, 3 February 1905 ; Kitoko River, AMNH 722403 (3333), adult female, 4 February 1905 .

I was unable to find coordinates for Wawayella; however, Ansorge was at Sandpits on 10 July 1904, two days before the collection of the holotype. This locality is equated with Uche, 12.43S, 13.20E, by Dean (2000: 386).