Drymoica fulvifrons Sundevall, 1850: 104

Dean, W. Richard J., Åhlander, Erik & Johansson, Ulf S., 2022, Avian type localities and the type specimens collected by Johan August Wahlberg in southern Africa, Zootaxa 5134 (4), pp. 521-560 : 545

Drymoica fulvifrons Sundevall, 1850: 104 .

VERBATIM TYPE LOCALITY:“ Caffraria inferior. ”

CURRENT STATUS: Synonym of Cisticola galactotes galactotes (Temminck, 1823) ; Cisticolidae ( Dickinson & Christidis 2014: 457) .

TYPE MATERIAL: Sundevall, in his original description(1850: 104), mentioned both male and female. From his acquisition catalogue it appears that he had four specimens at hand for his description (“ Dr. ad sp. fulvifrons ”). Gyldenstolpe (1926: 42) referred to NRM 568773 [4710] as a “type”, which we treat as a lectotype designation; it is an adult male collected 8 December 1839 in Durban. The three paralectotypes are: NRM 90191370 [4709], an adult male collected 10 October 1839 in Durban; NRM 534298 [4711], a mounted female collected in Durban in 1839; and RMNH. AVES.171375 [4708], a mounted male collected in December 1839 (date illegible, possibly 12 December) in Durban, and exchanged to Leiden in 1850.

VERIFIED TYPE LOCALITY: Durban , KwaZulu-Natal .

COMMENTS: Erroneously changed to Umvoti (mVoti) River, KwaZulu-Natal, ca. 50 km northeast of Durban by Gyldenstolpe (1934). However, according to journal entries and specimens collected, Wahlberg stayed at Durban from 13 November to 29 December 1839. His only expedition to the mVoti area in 1839 was from 31 October to 12 November, when no birds at all were collected there.