ORTHONYCHIDAE, G. R. Gray, 1840

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ORTHONYCHIDAE

Orthonyx temminckii dorsalis Rand

Orthonyx temminckii dorsalis Rand, 1940b: 2 (altitude 2200 meters, Bele River, 18 km. north of Lake Habbema, Snow Mountains, Netherland New Guinea).

Now Orthonyx novaeguineae victorianus van Oort, 1909 . See Joseph et al., 2001, Norman et al., 2002, and David and Gosselin, 2002b: 260, 279.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 305663 , adult female, collected on the Ibele (5 Bele) River , 18 km north of Lake Habbema , 048109S, 1388409E ( USBGN, 1943), Nassau Range, Snow Mountains, 2200 m, Papua Prov., Indonesia, on 24 November 1938, by Richard Archbold, Austin L. Rand, and Willliam B. Richardson. From the Third Archbold New Guinea Expedition (no. 8290).

COMMENTS: The AMNH number of the holotype was given in the original description. Rand gave measurements of five female specimens, and an additional unsexed immature was not measured. Of the five paratypes, three are still held in AMNH: AMNH 340524, 340525, adult females, and 340527, unsexed immature. AMNH 340526, adult female, was sent to MZB in May 1957, and AMNH 340528 (cataloged as unsexed, but apparently published as a female) was exchanged to FMNH in the early 1960s.

The three named populations of logrunner in New Guinea have traditionally been treat­ ed as subspecies of the Australian species O. temmincki , but recent mtDNA studies ( Joseph et al., 2001; Norman et al., 2002) indicated that the New Guinea populations should comprise a distinct species, O. novaeguineae , and that the subspecies dorsalis should be synonymized with victorianus ( Joseph et al., 2001: 279), contra Dickinson (2003: 450). David and Gosselin (2002b: 260, 279) noted that the genus Orthonyx is masculine.

For a description of the Bele River camp and a map, see Archbold et al. (1942).