Hirundo griseopyga Sundevall, 1850: 107

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Hirundo griseopyga Sundevall, 1850: 107 .

VERBATIM TYPE LOCALITY: “ Hab. prope Portum Natal. ”

CURRENT STATUS: Pseudhirundo griseopyga griseopyga ( Sundevall, 1850) ; Hirundinidae ( Dickinson & Christidis 2014: 476) .

TYPE MATERIAL: Sundevall (1850: 107–108) gave no indication that he had more than a single specimen at hand for his very short description of the type. However, from his acquisition catalogue he apparently had three specimens available. Gyldenstolpe (1926: 69) referred to NRM 569781 [7066] as a “type”, and we treat this as a lectotype designation of this adult male collected 19 May 1840 in Durban. The two paralectotypes are: NRM 90200199 [7067], a female collected 22 May 1840 in Durban; and RMNH. AVES.88915 [7068], a female collected 22 May 1840 in Durban, exchanged in 1850 to Leiden.

VERIFIED TYPE LOCALITY: Durban , KwaZulu-Natal .

COMMENTS: There is no entry in the journal for this day, but date and place are in line with other specimens collected at the same time.