Myzomela eques nymani Rothschild and Hartert

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Myzomela eques nymani Rothschild and Hartert

Myzomela eques nymani Rothschild and Hartert, 1903a: 223 (Simbang) .

Now Myzomela eques nymani Rothschild and Hartert, 1903 . See Coates, 1990: 239–240, and Higgins et al., 2008: 637–638.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 692634 , adult female, collected at Simbang , 06.35S, 147.50E ( USBGN, 1943), Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea, on 26 August 1899, by E. Nyman. From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: In the original description, Rothschild and Hartert designated their single specimen from Simbang as holotype. They had four additional specimens in their type series, all of them listed as males, apparently based on plumage. All four of these came to AMNH with the Rothschild Collection and are paratypes: AMNH 692619 , low country near Port Moresby, 1898, purchased from a dealer ; AMNH 692626 [said to be from the upper Aroa River ], August–September 1899, collected by Weiske ; AMNH 692629 , Eafa District , 3000 ft, 1898 ; AMNH 692630 , no data. AMNH 692630 was sent to PNGM. The specimen from the Eafa District was probably collected by A.S. Anthony ( Rothschild and Hartert, 1901a: 61) .