Manucodia ater altera Rothschild and Hartert, 1903a: 84
Manucodia ater alter Rothschild and Hartert, 1903
Hartert, 1919: 128
Mayr, 1962d: 185
Gilliard, 1969: 95–100
Coates, 1990: 430–431
Cracraft, 1992: 8–9
Frith and Beehler, 1998: 211–217
Frith and Frith, 2009b: 462–463
Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 12. Passeriformes: Ploceidae, Sturnidae, Buphagidae, Oriolidae, Dicruridae, Callaeidae, Grallinidae, Corcoracidae, Artamidae, Cracticidae, Ptilonorhynchidae, Cnemophilidae, Paradisaeidae, And Corvidae
Lecroy, Mary
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Rothschild and Hartert
Rothschild and Hartert
[93,619,1338,1361]
Aves
Paradisaeidae
Manucodia
Animalia
Passeriformes
92
92
Chordata
subSpecies
ater
altera
Manucodia ater altera Rothschild and Hartert, 1903a: 84(Sudest Island, Louisiade Islands). Now Manucodia ater alter Rothschild and Hartert, 1903. See Hartert, 1919: 128; Mayr, 1962d: 185; Gilliard, 1969: 95–100; Coates, 1990: 430–431; Cracraft, 1992: 8–9; Frith and Beehler, 1998: 211–217; and Frith and Frith, 2009b: 462–463.
HOLOTYPE: AMNH 677282, adult male, collected on Sudest Island, 11.30S, 153.40E(PNG General Reference Map, 1984), Louisiade Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, on 16 April 1898, by Albert S. Meek(no. 1735). Fromthe Rothschild Collection.
COMMENTS: In the original description, Rothschild and Hartert designated Meek’s specimen no. 1735 as the holotypeof alteraand divided the specimens they included in the new form into two geographic groups: group A from eastern New Guineaand the eastern Papuanislands and group B from the Aru Islands. However, at that time they saw no differences between the two groups and included in it all the listed specimens in their new altera. Later, they named subalter(see below) and included all the specimens listed for alteraexcept those from Sudest Island(sometimes also referred to as Tagula Island). All the specimens listed here are paratypesof altera; those listed below in shortened form are also the lectotypeand paralectotypesof subalter. Trangan Island, Aru Islands, AMNH 677262, 677263, males, AMNH 677264, female, September 1900, collected by H. Kühn(nos 2456, 2451, 2453, respectively); Sungai Wanoembai, Kobror Island, Aru Islands, AMNH 677265, female, September 1900, collected by Kühn(no. 2452); Dobo, Aru Islands, AMNH 677266, 677267, two males, 31 November 1897, collected by Kühn(nos. 414, 415), AMNH 677268, male, 677269, female, February 1897, collected by W. Doherty, AMNH 677270–677273, unsexed, May-June1896, collected by H. Cayley-Webster; Wokam Island, Aru Islands, AMNH 677274, female, October 1900, collected by Kühn(no. 2455); Yule Island, AMNH 677275, 677276, one male, one female, October 1875(nos. 670, 671), collected by L.M. D’Albertis; Mailu District, AMNH 677277, sex?, July-August1895, collected by A.S. Anthony; Mount Victoria, Owen Stanley Mountains, AMNH 677279, unsexed, autumn 1896, collector unknown, ‘‘purchased in London’’; Sudest Island, Louisiade Archipelago, AMNH 677284, 677285, males, 677289–677291, females, April 1898, collected by A.S. Meek(nos. 1761, 1729, 1766, 1736, 1724, respectively). Ofthese, AMNH 677272was exchanged to FMNHin the 1960s. Manucodiahas been considered both masculine and feminine, but the ICZN ruled that the gender is to be masculine (see Melville and Smith, 1987: 123). Most authors have recognized subalterand accept- ed three subspecies in Manucodia ater, but Cracraft considered the species monotypic.
3059913387
1898-04-16
AMNH
Albert S. Meek
Papua New Guinea
-11.3
Sudest Island
777
153.4
Louisiade Islands
92
92
AMNH 677282
1
Milne Bay
holotype
3059913975
Guinea-Bissau
Tagula Island
eastern New
Sudest Island
92
92
2
holotype
3059913943
1900-09
AMNH
H. Kuhn
Guinea-Bissau
Trangan Island
Aru Islands
92
92
AMNH 677262, 677263, AMNH 677264
2
lectotype
3059913509
1900-09
AMNH
Kuhn
Guinea-Bissau
Aru Islands
Sungai Wanoembai
Kobror Island
92
92
AMNH 677265
1
lectotype
3059913520
1897-02
1897-11-31
1897-02
AMNH
W. Doherty
Guinea-Bissau
Dobo
Aru Islands
92
92
AMNH 677266, 677267, AMNH 677268, AMNH 677270-677273
1
lectotype
3059913730
1900-10
AMNH
Kuhn
Guinea-Bissau
Wokam Island
Aru Islands
92
92
AMNH 677274
1
lectotype
3059913380
1875-10
AMNH
L. M. D'Albertis
Guinea-Bissau
Yule Island
92
92
AMNH 677275, 677276
1
lectotype
3059913919
AMNH
July-August & A. S. Anthony
Guinea-Bissau
Mailu District
92
92
AMNH 677277
1
lectotype
3059913690
AMNH
London'
Guinea-Bissau
Mount Victoria
Owen Stanley Mountains
92
92
AMNH 677279
1
lectotype
3059913983
1898-04
FMNH
A. S. Meek & Of
Guinea-Bissau
Sudest Island
Louisiade Archipelago
92
92
AMNH 677284, 677285, AMNH 677272
1
lectotype