Basileuterus bivittatus argentinae J.T. Zimmer, 1949

LeCroy, Mary, 2013, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 11. Passeriformes: Parulidae, Drepanididae, Vireonidae, Icteridae, Fringillinae, Carduelinae, Estrildidae, And Viduinae, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2013 (381), pp. 1-155 : 11

Basileuterus bivittatus argentinae J.T. Zimmer

Basileuterus bivittatus argentinae J.T. Zimmer, 1949: 30 (Ledesma, Province of Jujuy, Argentina; altitude 520 meters).

Now Myiothlypis bivittata argentinae (J.T. Zimmer, 1949) . See Lowery and Monroe, 1968: 61; Curson, 2010b: 787; and Lovette et al., 2010: 763, 765–766.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 505681 , adult male, collected at Libertador General San Martín (5 Ledesma), 520 m, 23.48S, 64.48W ( Paynter, 1995), Jujuy, Argentina, on 7 July 1906, by Luis Dinelli (no. 4124). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Zimmer cited the AMNH number of the holotype in the original description and listed 29 paratypes, 14 of which were in ANSP. The 15 paratypes in AMNH are: Bolivia, Bermejo (Vermejo, as on label), AMNH 139596–139601 , four males, two females, October 1915, by Miller and Boyle ; Monos , AMNH 139602 , 139603 , two males, October 1915, by Miller and Boyle. Argentina, Ledesma, AMNH 505680 , 505682–505685 , two males, three females, July 1906, by Dinelli ; Rio Bermejo , AMNH 505686 , male, July 1905, by J. Steinbach ; Yacuiba (Jacuiba, as on label), AMNH 505687 , male, August 1905, by J. Steinbach .

See Lovette et al. (2010: 763, 765–766) for inclusion of bivittata in the feminine genus Myiothlypis .