Ashbyia lovensis whitei Mathews

LeCroy, M., 2008, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, And Petroicidae, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313 (1), pp. 1-287 : 188

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Ashbyia lovensis whitei Mathews
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Ashbyia lovensis whitei Mathews

Ashbyia lovensis whitei Mathews, 1916c: 90 (Mary’s Well, 12 miles east of Todmoreden, Central Australia).

Now Ashbyia lovensis (Ashby, 1911) View in CoL . See Mayr, 1986b: 464, and Schodde and Mason, 1999: 347.

LECTOTYPE: AMNH 577658 About AMNH , adult male, collected at Mary’s Well , 12 mi east of Todmorden Station (5 Todmoreden), 27.04S, 134.49E (Times Atlas), South Australia, Australia, on 6 September 1914, by S.A. White (no. 1677). From the Mathews Collection via the Rothschild Collection. GoogleMaps

COMMENTS: Mathews did not designate a type in the original description or state how many specimens he had. Two specimens, a male and a female, came to AMNH from the Mathews Collection. The above specimen bears the original S.A. White label marked ‘‘whitei Type’’ by Mathews, a Rothschild Collection label printed ‘‘Ex. coll. G.M. Mathews’’, a Rothschild type label filled in by a hand unknown, and a yellow ‘‘Figured’’ label, indicating that it was illustrated in Mathews (1922a: pl. 441, left fig., opp. p. 350, text p. 350). The adult male described on p. 350 and figured, and bearing the above data, is said to be the type of whitei , thus designating it the lectotype.

The second specimen, a paralectotype, is AMNH 577659, adult female, collected at Mary’s Well, 12 mi east of Todmorden on 6 September 1914 by S.A. White (no. 1678). In addition to White’s label, the specimen bears a Rothschild Collection label printed ‘‘Ex. coll. G.M. Mathews’’ and a yellow ‘‘Figured’’ label, indicating that it was illustrated in Mathews (1922a: pl. 441, right fig., opp. p. 350, text pp. 350–351), where it is not said to be the type of whitei . There are two paralectotypes in SAMA (P. Horton and B. Blaylock, personal commun.).

There is a discrepancy regarding the date on these specimens, as White collected in northwestern South Australia only in July and August 1914. Both of the specimens in AMNH are clearly dated 6 September 1914 and the labels were written by White. It is possible that these specimens were collected a few days into September by J.P. Rogers, whom White (1915a: 707) had taken with him as taxidermist. White (1915a: 722) mentioned that he was driven from Todmorden to Oodnadatta, where he caught the train and was at home by 3 September. Rogers perhaps remained behind at Todmorden to pack and ship the specimens.

MONARCHIDAE

(See Bock [1994: 209] for use of

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Meliphagidae

Genus

Ashbyia

Loc

Ashbyia lovensis whitei Mathews

LeCroy, M. 2008
2008
Loc

Ashbyia lovensis (Ashby, 1911)

Schodde, R. & I. J. Mason 1999: 347
Mayr, E. 1986: 464
1986
Loc

Ashbyia lovensis whitei

Mathews, G. M. 1916: 90
1916
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