Eremomela gregalis gregalis (A. Smith, 1829)

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 : 543

Eremomela damarensis Wahlberg, 1855: 213 .

VERBATIM TYPE LOCALITY: “ Hab. ad flumen Svakop terrae Damararum.”

CURRENT STATUS: Synonym of Eremomela gregalis gregalis (A. Smith, 1829) ; Cisticolidae ( Dickinson & Christidis 2014: 450) .

TYPE MATERIAL: Wahlberg, in his original description (1855: 213), gave data for both male and female. According to Sundevall’s manuscript acquisition catalogue two specimens were received in Stockholm after Wahlberg’s death, and we consider these to be what remains of the type series. Gyldenstolpe (1926: 50) referred to NRM 569701 [11714] as a “type”, which we treat as a lectotype designation of this male collected 24 July 1854 at Swakop River . The paralectotype is NRM 534808 [11715], a mounted female collected with the lectotype.

VERIFIED TYPE LOCALITY: Swakop River , probably near the confluence of the Swakop and Kurikaub rivers, Namibia .

COMMENTS: Wahlberg’s notes on places where he collected birds in 1854 are sketchy, but Map D (between pp. 160–161 in Craig & Hummel 1994) shows that he collected along the Swakop River from just east of the confluence between the Swakop and Khan Rivers to Otjimbingwe. Although Clancey (1966: 485) identified the TL as Oosop, Swakop River, the TL cannot be identified precisely.