Pseudocossyphus rufus G.A. Fischer & Reichenow, 1884a: 58 .

Now: Neocossyphus rufus rufus (G.A. Fischer & Reichenow, 1884) . See Deignan et al. (1964: 95).

Syntype: ZMB 27382 (B 18606, Fischer no. 1002), skin, former mount, female, collected at Pangani, 23.08.[18]83 .

Syntype: ZMH 6914 (Fischer no. 991), skin, former mount, male, collected at Pangani, 15.08.[18]83 .

Type locality: “ Pangani (Küstengebiet)” [ Pangani River, Tanga Region, Tanzania], from the original description as well as locality of the syntypes .

Remarks: In the original description no type was chosen, there were no inventory numbers for specimens provided, but measurements for one individual and the locality “Pangani (Küstengebiet)” were given. As Fischer (1884) listed two specimens for this species (nos. 991 and 1002) together with the locality Pangani and with the description fitting both specimens, both are regarded as syntypes. ZMH 6914 (no. 991) was also given as the type in Bolau (1898). In the accompanying documentation it was marked as a “Lektotype” without further comment, but we were unable to find a lectotype designation. ZMB 27382 was inventoried in March 1884 with the note “ex originale”.