Xanthodira flavigula Sundevall, 1850: 98

Dean, W. Richard J., Åhlander, Erik & Johansson, Ulf S., 2022, Avian type localities and the type specimens collected by Johan August Wahlberg in southern Africa, Zootaxa 5134 (4), pp. 521-560 : 536

Xanthodira flavigula Sundevall, 1850: 98 .

VERBATIM TYPE LOCALITY: “ In Caffraria superiori. ”

CURRENT STATUS: Gymnoris superciliaris flavigula ( Sundevall, 1850) ; Passeridae ( Dickinson & Christidis 2014: 307) .

TYPE MATERIAL: Sundevall commented on the small differences between the sexes (“ ♂ ♀ in ceteris similes ”) in his original description, which indicates that he had at least two specimens. According to Sundevall’s acquisition catalogue the original type series consisted of eight specimens. Gyldenstolpe (1926: 16) referred to NRM 568678 [6158] as a “type”, which we treat as a lectotype designation of this male collected 7 March 1842 at Tswaing (Saltpannen). The seven paralectotypes are: NRM 555258 [6159], a male collected 16 October 1843 at Saulspoort ; NRM 534103 [6160], a mounted female collected 1 August 1843 at Vaal River , probably Skandinawiedrif ; NRM 544441 [6392], a male collected 23 December 1841 at Magaliesberg ; NRM 544442 [6395], a female collected 20 October 1843 at Saulspoort ; NRM 544443 [6396], a male collected 1841–1843 in “Caffraria”; a female [6394] collected before 1845 in “Cafferland”, sent on exchange to Berlin (ZMB) in 1853 (but not found in the ZMB collection); and a female [6393], collected before 1845 in “Cafferland”, sent on exchange to the University of Lund in 1850 (but not in the MZLU database) .

VERIFIED TYPE LOCALITY: Tswaing (Saltpannen), Gauteng Province .

COMMENTS: Date and place agree with the journal entries. Type locality (erroneously) corrected to Hammanskraal by Gyldenstolpe (1934: 292). Wahlberg’s journal does not have an entry for 7 March 1842, but from 6 March to 9 April he camped at Tswaing.