Pytelia ansorgei Hartert

Pytelia ansorgei Hartert, 1899d: xxvi (Wemo River, Toru, Uganda Protectorate).

Now Nesocharis ansorgei (Hartert, 1899) . See Hartert, 1900b: 25–53; Hartert, 1919a: 143; Mayr et al., 1968: 311; Dickinson, 2003: 727; Fry and Keith, 2004: 268–269; and Payne, 2010: 311.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 451898, adult male, collected on the Ruimi (5 Wimi, Wemo, or Wemi, as on labels) River, 00.26N, 30.00E– 00.20N, 30.17E (Polhill, 1988), Toro (5 Toru), Uganda, on 21 April 1899, by W.J. Ansorge (no. 379). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: No type was designated in the original description, but Hartert (1900b: 42) noted that Ansorge collected ‘‘one male in a wretched condition—the head smashed.’’ This specimen was collected on Ansorge’s third collecting trip, on which Hartert (1900b: 25–26) reported in detail, giving information on some of his collecting localities.