Batis senegalensis togoensis Neumann, 1907a: 350

Frahnert, Sylke, Louette, Michel & Eckhoff, Pascal, 2021, Type specimens of birds of the genus Batis (Aves: Platysteiridae) at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Zootaxa 5052 (2), pp. 249-260 : 255-256

Batis senegalensis togoensis Neumann, 1907a: 350

Now: Batis senegalensis ( Linnaeus, 1766) . See Mayr et al. (1986: 383).

Holotype: ZMB 2000.64642 , skin, female, collected by E. Baumann at Misahöhe, 01.11.1894.

Paratype: ZMB 2000.64634 (Baumann, no. 92), skin, male, collected by E. Baumann at Klonu (Agome), 14.10.1894 .

Paratype: ZMB 2000.64635 , skin, male, collected by G. Thierry at Gandu, 28.06.1898 .

Paratype: ZMB 2000.64641 , skin, female, juvenile, collected by E. Baumann at Podji, Misahöhe, 28.05.1894 .

Paratype: ZMB 2000.64644 (Zech, no. 70), skin, male, juvenile, collected by ( J. von Zech at Kete Krachi, 28.01.1899.

Paratype: ZMB 2000.64647 , skin, male, collected by E. Baumann at Misahöhe, 01.03.1895 .

Paratype: AMNH Birds SKIN-649176, male, collected by Capt. W. Giffard in the Gambaga Hinterland, Goldküste, 04.06.1898. http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/birds?id=skin-649176 (16.11.2020).

Type locality: Misahöhe [Missahoe, Plateaux, Togo].

Remarks: In the description of B. senegalensis togoensis Neumann, 1907a , it is clear from collection data that ZMB 2000.64642 was chosen as the type specimen and is therefore the holotype. At least seven specimens (characterized by their collecting data) from Ghana and Togo were listed as material studied. Therefore, these specimens (excluding the holotype) should be regarded as paratypes as listed above. The specimens that were in Rothschild’s private collection in Tring, UK in 1907 were transferred to the AMNH as part of Rothschild’s sale of his bird collection. The type locality was ascertained for the holotype as Misahöhe [Missahoe, Plateaux, Togo] ( Mayr et al. 1986).