Drymoica procerula 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 : 544

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Drymoica procerula Sundevall, 1850: 104 .

VERBATIM TYPE LOCALITY: “ Caffraria. ”

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

TYPE MATERIAL: There is no indication in Sundevall’s original description (1850: 104) that he had more than a single specimen at hand, and there is only a single specimen in Sundevall’s manuscript acquisition catalogue. The description is based on a single holotype: NRM 568774 [6755] (cf. also Gyldenstolpe 1926: 42), a study skin of a juvenile male collected 25 May 1840 in Durban.

VERIFIED TYPE LOCALITY: Durban , KwaZulu-Natal .

COMMENTS: There is no journal entry for this day. Wahlberg was in Durban from late March to early October 1840.