Myzomela eichhorni atrata Hartert, 1908

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Myzomela eichhorni atrata Hartert

Myzomela eichhorni atrata Hartert, 1908: 105 (Vella Lavella I., Central Group of the Solomon Islands).

Now Myzomela eichhorni atrata Hartert, 1908 . See Mayr and Diamond, 2001: 398, and Higgins et al., 2008: 651–652.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 693004 , adult male, collected on Vella Lavella Island , 07.45S, 156.35E (Times Atlas), Solomon Islands, on 28 February 1908, by Albert S. Meek (no. 3884). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: In the original description, Hartert cited Meek’s field number of the holotype without mentioning the size of his type series. Later, Rothschild and Hartert (1908a: 358) listed four male and two female

specimens of this form, including the holotype. The five paratypes, all collected on Vella Lavella in February and March 1908, are: males, AMNH 693002 (Meek no. 3890), AMNH 693003 (3761), AMNH 693005 (3795) ; females, AMNH 693006 (3885), AMNH 693007 (3925) .