Batis molitor littoralis Neumann, 1907: 356 .

Now: Batis soror (Reichenow, 1903) . See Mayr et al. (1986: 382).

Holotype: ZMB 24759 (B 15694, Fischer no. 162), skin, former mount, female, collected by G.A. Fischer on “Sansibar”, 29.03.76 [1878, error on the museum’s label as Fischer first arrived in Zanzibar in 1877].

Paratype: ZMB 23536 (B 15041, Fischer no. 83), mount, female, collected by G.A. Fischer at “ Mombassa ”, 26.06.[18]77 .

Paratype: ZMB 2000.64515 ( Stuhlmann no. 272), skin, male, collected by F. Stuhlmann on “ Sansibar ”, 03.11.1888 .

Possible Paratype (missing): SMNS 10965 female, collected by D. Steudel at “ Bagamojo, Central Ostafrika ”, 1893 .

Type locality: “Sansibar” [Zanzibar, Tanzania], from the locality of the holotype.

Remarks: See Frahnert et al. (2021).