Erythrura trichroa papuana Rothschild and Hartert

Erythrura trichroa papuana Rothschild and Hartert in Hartert, 1900a: 7 (Arfak Mts.).

Now Erythrura papuana Rothschild and Hartert, 1900 . See Hartert, 1919a: 142; Mayr et al., 1968: 365; Dickinson, 2003: 733; and Payne, 2010: 348.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 722080, [adult male], collected in the ‘‘ Arfak Mts.,’’ purchased from Gerrard & Sons in February 1894. From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: No type was designated in the original description, but a wing measurement of 67 mm was given for a male from the Arfak Mountains, apparently the only specimen that Hartert had. This form is usually attributed to Hartert as the sole author of the name, but Hartert (1900a: 6) noted that ‘‘the remarkable distribution attributed to Erythrura trichroa …led Mr. Rothschild and me to study this species more closely, and we found that it is separable into a number of geographical forms.’’ In addition to a Rothschild type label, AMNH 722080 also bears a small label noted on the front, ‘‘ Erythrura trichroa, Kittl.,’’ and on the reverse, ‘‘Arfak Mts., New Guinea, Recvd. Febr. 1894.’’ To this has been added in Hartert’s hand ‘‘ Type of: papuana R. & Hart., purchased from Gerrard.’’ Later, Hartert (1919a: 142) confirmed as the type of papuana a male specimen from the Arfak Mountains, Papua Province, Indonesia (5 Dutch New Guinea), purchased in February 1894 from Gerrard & Sons and gave Rothschild and Hartert as the authors of the name. The wing of AMNH 722080 measures 67 mm.