Drymodes superciliaris nigriceps Rand, 1940

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Drymodes superciliaris nigriceps Rand

Drymodes superciliaris nigriceps Rand, 1940b: 1 (altitude 850 meters, 4 km. southwest Bernhard Camp, Idenburg River, Netherland New Guinea).

Now Drymodes superciliaris nigriceps Rand, 1940 . See Coates, 1990: 187.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 305661 , adult male,

collected at the 850 m camp, 4 km southwest of Bernhard Camp, Idenburg River, Papua Prov., Indonesia, on 16 March 1939, by Richard Archbold, Austin L. Rand, and William B. Richardson (no. 10054). From the 1938–1939 Archbold Expedition.

COMMENTS: In the original description, Rand gave the AMNH number of the holotype. His type series comprised three specimens from the Cyclops Mountains and five from the Idenburg slope. The seven paratypes are: AMNH 293838, 340502–340506, 585477, and 585478. AMNH 340503 was sent to MZB on 7 May 1957, and AMNH 340506 was part of a large exchange with the FMNH in the 1960s. For a discussion of the familial position of Drymodes , see under D. brunneopygia victoriae .

Bernhard Camp was at approximately 038309S, 1398159E, based on the map in Archbold et al. (1942), who also gave a description of this collecting locality and summary of the 1938–1939 Archbold Expedition.