Erythropygia ruficauda iodomera Grote, 1927: 104

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 : 42-43

Erythropygia ruficauda iodomera Grote, 1927: 104 .

Now: Cercotrichas leucophrys zambesiana ( Sharpe, 1882) . See Deignan et al. (1964: 20).

Holotype: ZMB 2000.2482 (Fischer no. 601), skin, male, collected in “Usegua”, 06.[18]82.

Paratype: ZMB 2000.2497 (Fischer no. 579), skin, collected at Lindi , 04.[18]82.

Paratype: ZMB 2000.2486 (Stuhlmann no. 908/2), skin, male, collected by F. Stuhlmann at Pangani, [1888–1890] .

Paratype: ZMB 2000.2498 (Schnorrenpfeil no. 15), skin, collected by Karl Schnorrenpfeil at Lindi, [04.1895 –08.1897].

Type locality: Usegua [Useguha country, Tanga Region, Tanzania], the locality of the holotype.

Remarks: The original description clearly refers to the specimen with Fischer’s collection number 601, so ZMB 2000.2482 is the holotype. Grote (1927) noted that he had seen nine specimens and found this subspecies “die ganze ostafrikanische Küste mindestens von Pangani an bis Lindi ” (along the whole East African coast at least between Pangani and Lindi); those listed as paratypes match that distribution, and are labeled Erythropygia ruficauda iodomera . Although this name is also mentioned on ZMB 2000.2484 (Pangawe, 1911, Karl Hofmann) and ZMB 2000.2485 (Maurui, 1883, Fischer), neither of these localities are coastal and therefore the specimens are not included in the type series. It is unclear what other specimens Grote (1927) included in his new subspecies.