Euplectes capensis litoris Neunzig, 1928: 114

Frahnert, Sylke, Turner, Donald A. & Bracker, Cordula, 2023, Type specimens and type localities of birds (Aves) collected by Gustav Adolf Fischer (1848 - 1886) in East Africa, Zootaxa 5334 (1), pp. 1-84 : 49

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5334.1.1

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8270140

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Euplectes capensis litoris Neunzig, 1928: 114
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Euplectes capensis litoris Neunzig, 1928: 114 .

Now: Euplectes capensis crassirostris ( Ogilvie-Grant, 1907) . See Amadon et al. (1962: 69).

Holotype: ZMB 47.116 View Materials (Stuhlmann no. 225), skin, male, collected by F. Stuhlmann at Morogoro, 06.1894.

Paratype: ZMB 2000.52014 View Materials , skin, male, collected at Lindi , 04.1882.

Paratype: ZMB 2000.52040 View Materials (Fischer no. 623), skin, male, collected at Pangani, 25.12.1882 .

Paratype: ZMB 2000.52007 View Materials (Stuhlmann no. 234), skin, male, collected by F. Stuhlmann at Morogoro , 06.1894.

Paratype: ZMB 2000.52049 View Materials (Stuhlmann no. 222), skin, male, collected by F. Stuhlmann at Morogoro , 06.1894.

Paratype: ZMB 2000.52024 View Materials ( Stuhlmann no. 203), skin, male, collected by F. Stuhlmann at “ Daressalam ”, 29.04.1894 .

Paratype: ZMB 2000.52026 View Materials (Sjöstedt no. 14), skin, male, collected by Y. Sjöstedt at Tanga, 14.03.1906 .

Paratype: ZMB 34524 View Materials , skin, male, collected by O. Neumann at Magila .

Paratype: ZMB 2000.52021 View Materials , skin, male, collected by K. Röhl at Mlalo, [1905] .

Paratype: ZMB 2000.52001 View Materials (Hofmann no. 464), skin, male, collected by K. Hofmann at Magogoni, 20.04.[1911–1912] .

Paratype: ZMB 2000.52033 View Materials (Münzner no. 68), skin, male, collected by M. Münzner at Morogoro, 27.12.1912 .

Paratype: ZMB 2000.52004 View Materials (Münzner no. 216), skin, male, collected by M. Münzner at “Sanji-Mahenge”, 27.06.1914 .

Paratype: ZMB 2000.52006 View Materials (Münzner no. 131), skin, male, collected by M. Münzner at “Sanji-Mahenge”, 02.06.1913 .

Paratype: ZMB 2000.52031 View Materials (Emin Pasha no. 3), skin, male, collected by Emin Pasha at “Mssuai”, 03.05.1891 .

Paratype: ZMB 2000.52020 View Materials (Fromm no. 10), skin, male, collected by P. Fromm at “Kilawa”, 31.05.1908 .

Paratype: ZMB 2000.52039 View Materials (Fromm no. 1), skin, male, collected by P. Fromm at “Msingino-Kilawa”, 29.05.1908 .

Paratype (missing): skin, male, collected by F. Stuhlmann at Morogoro .

Paratype (missing): skin, male, collected by F. Stuhlmann at Morogoro .

Paratype (missing): skin, male, collected by K. Hofmann at Magogoni.

Paratype (missing): skin, male, collected by K. Hofmann at Magogoni.

Paratype (missing): skin, male, collected by K. Hofmann at Magogoni.

Paratype (missing): skin, male, collected by K. Hofmann at Magogoni.

Paratype (missing): skin, male, collected by K. Hofmann at Magogoni.

Paratype (missing): skin, female, collected by K. Hofmann at Magogoni.

Paratype (missing): skin, female, collected by K. Hofmann at Magogoni.

Paratype (missing): skin, male, collected by K. Hofmann in “Ost-Uluguru”.

Paratype (missing): skin, male, collected by K. Hofmann in “Ost-Uluguru”.

Paratype (missing): skin, male, collected by K. Schnorrenpfeil at Lindi .

Paratype (missing): skin, male, collected by H. Grote at Mikindani.

Paratype (missing): skin, male, juvenile, collected by H. Grote at Mikindani.

Type locality: “Ostafrika: Küstengebiet von Tanga bis Mikindani” ( East-Africa : coast region from Tanga [Tanga Region, Tanzania] to Mikindani [Mikindani, Mtwara Region, Tanzania]), from the original description, and ascertained as Morogoro [Morogoro Region, Tanzania] being the locality of the holotype.

Remarks: In the original description a male collected by Franz Stuhlmann at Morogoro in June 1894 (Stuhlmann no. 23) was chosen as “the type” (holotype), while thirty specimens were mentioned as type material (= 29 paratypes) at the ZMB in total. However, the collector’s number 23 of the holotype seems to be incorrect as Stuhlmann’s collector’s numbers in June 1894 were greater than 200, so it is not possible to identify the holotype with certainty. In 1947, ZMB 47.116 was determined as the holotype (from label and catalogue data), and we follow that 1947 decision. We consider that specimen to be the holotype rather than a lectotype, as Neunzig (1928) had already defined a holotype. The whereabouts of all the missing specimens are unknown. E. hordeaceus (Linnaeus) and E. nigroventris Cassin from Mikindani collected by Grote are in the collection as well as other E. hordeaceus , E. ardens Boddaert and E. nigroventris , but only one E. capensis (Linnaeus) from Magogoni collected by K. Hofmann. As there were so many in the collection, it may be that the missing specimens were used as exchange material.

The Fischer specimens are possibly those listed in Fischer (1885a) as Orynx capensis .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Ploceidae

Genus

Euplectes

Loc

Euplectes capensis litoris Neunzig, 1928: 114

Frahnert, Sylke, Turner, Donald A. & Bracker, Cordula 2023
2023
Loc

Euplectes capensis litoris

Neunzig, R. 1928: 114
1928
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