Bradyornis ater Sundevall, 1850: 105

Dean, W. Richard J., Åhlander, Erik & Johansson, Ulf S., 2022, Avian type localities and the type specimens collected by Johan August Wahlberg in southern Africa, Zootaxa 5134 (4), pp. 521-560 : 553

Bradyornis ater Sundevall, 1850: 105 .

VERBATIM TYPE LOCALITY: “ E Caffraria inferiori et superiori ”

CURRENT STATUS: Synonym of Melaenornis pammelaina pammelaina (Stanley, 1814) ; Muscicapidae ( Dickinson & Christidis 2014: 590) .

TYPE MATERIAL: In his type description, Sundevall (1850: 105) mentioned both males and females.According to his acquisition catalogue he actually had four specimens at hand. Gyldenstolpe (1926: 62) refers to NRM 568759 [6848] as a “type”; we treat this as a lectotype designation of this adult male collected 19 April 1840 in Durban. The three paralectotypes are: NRM 568758 [6850], a male collected 16 October 1843 in Saulspoort (Mohapoani); NRM 568757 [6851], a female collected 12 December 1841 in Magalisberg; and a male [6849] collected 13 October 1843 in Saulspoort sent on exchange to Berlin in 1853 (but not found in the ZMB database).

VERIFIED TYPE LOCALITY: Durban , KwaZulu-Natal .

COMMENTS: There are no journal entries for this date. Wahlberg was in Durban from March to early October 1840.