Drymoica chloris Sundevall, 1850: 104

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Drymoica chloris Sundevall, 1850: 104 .

VERBATIM TYPE LOCALITY: “ Caffraria.”

CURRENT STATUS: Synonym of Cisticola natalensis natalensis (A. Smith, 1843) ; Cisticolidae ( Dickinson & Christidis 2014: 458) .

TYPE MATERIAL: There is no indication in Sundevall (1850: 104) that there was more than a single specimen available, rather he states that he had no access to any female: “ f# ignota ”. In Sundevall’s acquisition catalogue there is a reference to a single specimen, and in his list of duplicates the species is not mentioned. The holotype is NRM 568777 [6752a], a male collected 11 February 1840 in Pietermaritzburg. This was supported by Gyldenstolpe (1926: 40–41), who also identified it as a juvenile specimen of Cisticola natalensis natalensis . Drymoica chloris Sundevall, 1850 is thus a junior subjective synonym of Drymoica natalensis A. Smith, 1843 .

VERIFIED TYPE LOCALITY: Town Hill, Pietermaritzburg , 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.