Phyllergates cucullatus batjanensis Hartert, 1912

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Phyllergates cucullatus batjanensis Hartert

Phyllergates cucullatus batjanensis Hartert, 1912: 2 (Batjan, 5000–7000 feet).

Now Orthotomus cucullatus batjanensis ( Hartert, 1912) . See White and Bruce, 1986: 350–351, and del Hoyo et al., 2006: 423.

LECTOTYPE: AMNH 592508 , adult male, collected on Bacan (5 Batjan) Island, 5000– 7000 ft, 00.35S, 127.30E ( USBGN, 1982a), Moluccas, Indonesia, in July 1902, by Johannes Waterstradt. From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Hartert designated a type in the original description and said that two males were obtained, both of which bear the same data. Neither the original description nor Hartert’s (1920: 468) later listing of Rothschild types distinguished between them. Only AMNH 592508 bears the Rothschild type label, signifying Hartert’s intent to designate that specimen the type, and it has been so considered since publication of the description. To avoid possible confusion in interpretation of the older literature, I hereby designate AMNH 592508 the lectotype of Phyllergates cucullatus batjanensis . AMNH 592509 becomes the paralectotype.