Culicicapa ceylonensis sejuncta Hartert, 1897

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Culicicapa ceylonensis sejuncta Hartert

Culicicapa ceylonensis sejuncta Hartert, 1897d: 526 (South Flores).

Now Culicicapa ceylonensis sejuncta Hartert, 1897 . See White and Bruce, 1986: 369, and Mees, 2006: 164.

LECTOTYPE: AMNH 652881 , adult male, collected on south Flores, in October 1896, by Alfred Everett. From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Hartert did not designate a type in the original description, but included specimens collected by Everett and Doherty from south Flores and Sumba in his new subspecies. Later, Hartert 1920: 500) designated as lectotype a male collected by Everett on south Flores in October 1896. There are two such specimens ; however, AMNH 652881 bears a Rothschild type label and Everett’s label is marked ‘‘ Type’ ’ in Hartert’s hand, showing Hartert’s intent that this specimen should be the lectotype. In order to remove any ambiguity and ensure that the older literature is correctly interpreted, I hereby designate AMNH 652881 the lectotype of C. ceylonensis sejuncta . Paralectotypes are: AMNH 652882–652884 , two males and one female collected on south Flores by Everett ; AMNH 652885 and 652886, males collected on Sumba by Everett ; and AMNH 652887–652891 , three males and two females collected on Sumba by Doherty .

According to Hartert (1897d: 513), Everett made his headquarters on Flores at Nanga Ramau (or Nanga Roma) with his collectors going inland from there to a height of 5000 ft. Mees (2006: 12) gave other spellings for this locality.