Pogonocichla margaritata Sundevall, 1850: 104

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Pogonocichla margaritata Sundevall, 1850: 104 .

VERBATIM TYPE LOCALITY: “ Habitat in Caffraria inferiore s. propria. ”

CURRENT STATUS: Pogonocichla stellata stellata ( Vieillot, 1818) ; Muscicapidae ( Dickinson & Christidis 2014: 596) ; includes friedmanni Clancey, 1972.

STATUS REFERENCE: Sclater 1930: 486 [implicitly including margaritata Sundevall (see Oatley in Hockey et al. 2005)]. White 1962: 137, recognised transvaalensis (Roberts, 1912) (which includes lebombo Roberts, 1935). Clancey et al 1980: 186, recognised margaritata Sundevall , transvaalensis (Roberts, 1912) (which includes lebombo Roberts, 1935, and lebomboensis Roberts, 1940), chirindensis (Roberts, 1914), and hygrica Clancey, 1969).

TYPE MATERIAL: Sundevall (1850: 104) mentioned both male and female in his type description. According to his acquisition catalogue, nine specimens were available at the time for the description. Gyldenstolpe (1926: 54–55) referred to NRM 569711 [6825] as a “type”; we treat this as a lectotype designation of this adult male collected 11 August 1841 in Pietermaritzburg. The eight paralectotypes are: NRM 90189888 [6826], an adult male collected 11 August 1841 in Pietermaritzburg; NRM 90189889 [6827], a “female” collected 27 June 1840 in Durban; NRM 90189890 [6828], a juvenile female collected before 1845 in Durban according to the acquisition catalogue, but “Caffraria” according to the label; NRM 90189891 [6824], an adult male collected 28 June 1842 in Pietermaritzburg; NRM 553737 [6830], a juvenile collected 12 June 1841 in Umgeni, Durban; a male [6823], collected 22 June 1843 in Pietermaritzburg, sent on exchange to Berlin in 1853 (but not found in the ZMB collection); RMNH. AVES.128953 [6829], a juvenile female collected 15 August 1840 in Durban and sent on exchange to Leiden in 1850; and RMNH. AVES.128952 [4735], a male collected 4 July 1839 in Durban, also sent on exchange to Leiden in 1850.

VERIFIED TYPE LOCALITY: Pietermaritzburg , KwaZulu-Natal .

COMMENTS: Date and place confirmed by journal entry and Sundevall’s acquisition catalogue ( Figure 1C ).

Figures

FIGURE 1. (A) An example of Wahlberg’s handwriting; (B) a label on a Wahlberg specimen in what appears to be Sundevall’s handwriting; (C) Sundevall’s register with details of the type of Megalaema leucotis Sundevall; and (D) one of the few labels by Wahlberg’s hand. The “Mr Hodgson” on (D) was the Rev. Mr. Thomas Laiman Hodgson (1787–1850), chairman of the Wesleyan church in the Cape district, who contributed several specimens of mammals, birds and reptiles to Wahlberg’s collection.