Philemon argenticeps broomei Mathews

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Philemon argenticeps broomei Mathews

Philemon argenticeps broomei Mathews, 1912d: 101 (Napier, Broome Bay, North-west Australia).

Now Philemon argenticeps argenticeps (Gould, 1840) . See Salomonsen, 1967: 411, Schodde and Mason, 1999: 291, Christidis and Boles, 2008: 185–191, and Higgins et al., 2008: 682.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 697020 , male, collected at Pago Mission (5 mission station, as on label), 14.10S, 126.42E (Times Atlas), Napier Broome Bay, Western Australia, Australia, on 7 March 1910, by G.F. Hill (no. 333). From the Mathews Collection (no. 5618) via the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Mathews cited his catalog number of the holotype in the original description and gave the range as ‘‘ Northwest Australia.’’ In addition to Hill’s original label and Mathews and Rothschild type labels, the holotype bears a ‘‘ Figured’ ’ label, indicating that it was illustrated in Mathews (1925a: pl. 554, lower fig., opp. p. 98, text p. 99), where it is confirmed as the type of broomei. The following are paratypes: Admiralty Gulf, AMNH 697019 (Mathews no. 12937), male, 17 November 1911 ; Mission Station , AMNH 697021 (5617), male, 6 January 1910 ; Mount Casuarina , AMNH 697022 (12934), male, 7 October 1911 ; AMNH 697023 (12933), male, 5 October 1911 ; King River , males, AMNH 697024 , 3 June 1911 ; AMNH 697025 (9845), 2 July 1911 ; AMNH 697026 (9847), 2 July 1911 ; Parry Creek , males, AMNH 697027 (3411), 3 November 1908 ; AMNH 697028 (3414), 3 November 1908 ; AMNH 697029 (3412), 2 November 1908 ; AMNH 697030 (3413), 31 October 1908 ; female, AMNH 697031 (3415), 31 October 1908 ; Camp 17, male, AMNH 697032 (12935), 17 September 1911 ; female, AMNH 697033 (12936), 17 September 1911 .