Picus (Mesopicus) rhodeogaster G.A. Fischer & Reichenow, 1884b: 180

Frahnert, Sylke, Turner, Donald A. & Bracker, Cordula, 2023, Type specimens and type localities of birds (Aves) collected by Gustav Adolf Fischer (1848 - 1886) in East Africa, Zootaxa 5334 (1), pp. 1-84 : 23

Picus (Mesopicus) rhodeogaster G.A. Fischer & Reichenow, 1884b: 180 .

Now: Dendropicos spodocephalus rhodeogaster (G.A. Fischer & Reichenow, 1884b) . See Reichenow (1902a: 188); but compare Peters (1948: 221).

Syntype: ZMB 27404 (Fischer no. 928), skin, male, collected at Mount Meru , [15.07.]1883.

Syntype (missing): ZMB 27405 (Fischer no. 715), female, collected at “Klein-Aruscha”, [15.03.1883] .

Syntype: ZMH 8263 (Fischer no. 835), skin, former mount, male, collected at “Naiwascha”, 04.06.[18]83 .

Type locality: “Massailand” (region inhabited by the Masai tribe) [ Kenya / Tanzania], from the original description, ascertained as Arusha Region [Arusha Region, Tanzania] and Naivasha [Naivasha, Nakuru County, Kenya], localities of the syntypes.

Remarks: In the original description, no type was chosen nor were inventory numbers for specimens given. However, the description includes both sexes and measurements for more than one specimen, and mentions the locality “Massailand”. Furthermore, three Fischer specimens of this species (nos. 715, 835, 928) are listed by Fischer (1884). As the localities of those specimens are those of the type locality, they are all regarded as syntypes. ZMH 8263 was also mentioned as type specimen for this species in Bolau (1898).