Meimuna velitaris (Distant, 1897)
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Meimuna velitaris (Distant, 1897) |
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Meimuna velitaris (Distant, 1897)
Cosmopsaltria velitaris Distant, 1897
Materials
Type status: Lectotype. Occurrence: catalogNumber: BMNH(E) 1009458 ; recordedBy: Watson; individualCount: 1; sex: male; Taxon: scientificName: Meimunavelitaris (Distant, 1897); Location: continent: Asia; country: Myanmar; locality: North Chin Hills ; Record Level: institutionCode: NHMUK; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Distribution
[Metcalf, 1963] Burma; India. [Sanborn, 2014] Pakistan, Burma.
Notes
Authority: Distant 1897; Metcalf (1963) listed India in reference to Mathur (1953) in which Burma was considerd a part of "British India". The type locality (Chin Hills) extends into India (Lushai Hills - Nagaland), thus this species may be recorded in Nagaland in future.
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