Granatina ianthogaster (sic) rothschildi van Someren

Granatina ianthogaster (sic) rothschildi van Someren, 1919: 53 (Kisumu).

Now Granatina ianthinogaster (Reichenow, 1879) . See van Someren, 1922: 159–160; Hartert. 1928: 195; White, 1963: 198; Mayr et al., 1968: 336; Dickinson, 2003: 730; Fry and Keith, 2004: 334– 335; and Payne, 2010: 328.

SYNTYPES: AMNH 452233, male, collected at Kisumu, 00.03S, 34.47E (Times atlas),

Kenya, on 22 May 1916, and AMNH 452247, female, collected at Kisumu, Kenya, on 23 May 1916. From the V.G.L. van Someren Collection via the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: In the original description, van Someren listed the above two specimens as types and said that over 30 specimens were collected. Because he designated syntypes, the other specimens collected have no nomenclatural standing (ICZN, 1999: 81, Art. 72.4.6).