Platystira peltata Sundevall, 1850: 105

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 : 533

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5134.4.3

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:79D78E49-C127-4EB8-BEA2-784B0BC65363

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6542951

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0384EA10-F779-B138-B1D2-FE6D37A94057

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scientific name

Platystira peltata Sundevall, 1850: 105
status

 

Platystira peltata Sundevall, 1850: 105 .

VERBATIM TYPE LOCALITY: “ Caffraria inferiore. ”

CURRENT STATUS: Platystira peltata peltata Sundevall, 1850 ; Platysteiridae ( Dickinson & Christidis 2014: 210) .

TYPE MATERIAL: There are no indications anywhere that Sundevall had more than one specimen for his description. The holotype is NRM 568751, a male collected 10 November 1842 at the uMlalazi River .

VERIFIED TYPE LOCALITY: uMlalazi River , KwaZulu-Natal .

COMMENTS: The type locality matches journal entries for this date and place. On 1 November Wahlberg camped at uMhlatuze River, moving to uMlalazi River on 2 November. On 6 November he moved to the uMatikulu River, and then to Thukela River mouth on 7 November and back to uMlalazi River on 10 November.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Platysteiridae

Genus

Platystira

Loc

Platystira peltata Sundevall, 1850: 105

Dean, W. Richard J., Åhlander, Erik & Johansson, Ulf S. 2022
2022
Loc

Platystira peltata

Sundevall, C. J. 1850: 105
1850
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