Sphenopsis piurae (Chapman)

Halley, Matthew R., 2022, Taxonomic status of the Western Hemispingus Sphenopsis ochracea (Thraupidae) and a review of species limits in the genus Sphenopsis P. L. Sclater, 1861, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 142 (2), pp. 209-223 : 222-223

Sphenopsis piurae (Chapman) Piura Hemispingus

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Hemispingus castaneicollis von Berlepsch 1912: 1094 (in part).

Hemispingus piurae Chapman, 1923 , Hilty 2011: 167.

Holotype: AMNH 174541, Palambla , Piura, Peru (see LeCroy 2012: 69). Hemispingus castaneicollis chapmani Sztolcman & Domaniewski, 1927 .

Holotype: lost, formerly in the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences , Warsaw (MIZ): Tambillo, Cajamarca, Peru (see Mlíkovský 2009: 154).

Hemispingus melanotis piurae Hellmayr 1936: 427 , Zimmer 1947: 17, Isler & Isler 1987: 78.

Hemispingus melanotis macrophrys Koepcke, 1961: 22 , Isler & Isler 1987: 78.

Holotype: UNMSM 0630, in Museo de Historia Natural ‘ Javier Prado’ , Lima: Sunchubamba , Otuzco, La Libertad Department, Peru (see Plenge 1979: 7).

SPECIMENS EXAMINED: (four males, one female): Peru: Piura: Palambla (male: ANSP 116350, 116353, 116354, 116357; female: ANSP 116352).

COMMENTS: As explained above, I consider the morphological and molecular data reviewed here to be sufficient to alleviate concerns of data deficiency that arose during debate of SACC Proposal 284 (Remsen 2007), bolstering the case for recognizing S. piurae at species rank.