Basileuterus trifasciatus nitidior Chapman

Basileuterus trifasciatus nitidior Chapman, 1924: 8 (El Chiral, 5350 ft, Santa Rosa-Zaruna trail, Prov. del Oro, southwestern Ecuador).

Now Basileuterus trifasciatus nitidior Chapman, 1924 . See Hellmayr, 1935: 497; Zimmer, 1949: 41; Curson, 2010b: 790; Lovette et al., 2010: 765–766; and Gutiérrez-Pinto et al., 2012: 156– 165.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 168000, adult male, collected at El Chiral, 5350 ft, ca. 03.38S, 79.41W (Paynter, 1993), Santa Rosa-Zaruma trail, Oro, Ecuador, on 25 July 1920, by George K. Cherrie (no. 21302).

COMMENTS: Chapman cited the AMNH number of the holotype in the original description and listed the 55 specimens he examined. The following specimens are paratypes: El Chiral, AMNH 167995–167999,

168001–168003, four males, four females, 21 July–4 August 1920; La Puente, AMNH 172276, male, 10 October 1921 ; Zaruma, AMNH 130211–130216, 155204, one male, four females, one female?, one sex?, 17 September–4 October 1913 ; Punta Santa Ana, AMNH 167989–167994, five males, one female, 18–23 December 1900 ; Lunamá, AMNH 172257–172259, three males, 13 August 1921 ; Las Piñas, AMNH 172273 bis, male, 12 September 1921; San Bartolo, AMNH 172269–172273, four males, one female, 3–6 September 1921 ; Loja, AMNH 130217, female, 11 October 1913; Alamor, AMNH 172260–172267, 152491–152495, 168009, 10 males, four females, July 1919, September 1920, August 1921 ; Guachanama, AMNH 168007, 168008, two females, 8–9 October 1920 ; Celica, AMNH 168004– 168006, one male, two females, 25 September 1920 ; Guainche, AMNH 172268, female, 25 August 1921 ; Cebollal, AMNH 172274, 172275, females, 1, 5 October 1921 .

Of these paratypes, AMNH 130211, 152493, 167992, 167999, 172259, 172271, and 172276 were exchanged to MCZ in July 1928; AMNH 130216, and 172272 were exchanged to ANSP in July 1928 .