Basileuterus bensoni Griscom

LeCroy, Mary, 2013, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 11. Passeriformes: Parulidae, Drepanididae, Vireonidae, Icteridae, Fringillinae, Carduelinae, Estrildidae, And Viduinae, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2013 (381), pp. 1-155 : 15

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1206/832.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4627479
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2B4687A0-9E0B-FFC3-FF6D-71B4FCED147F
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Basileuterus bensoni Griscom
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Treatment

Basileuterus bensoni Griscom, 1927a: 12 (Chitrá (4700 ft), Veraguas, Pacific slope of western Panama).

Now Basileuterus melanogenys bensoni Griscom, 1927 View in CoL . See Hellmayr, 1935: 506; Wetmore et al., 1984: 320–321; Curson, 2010b: 794; and Lovette et al., 2010: 765–766.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 257139 View Materials , adult male, View Materials

Chitra, 4700 ft, ca. 08.32N, 80.55W ( Siegel

and Olson, 2008), Varaguas, Pacific slope of western Panama, on 26 February 1926, by Rex R. Benson.

COMMENTS: The AMNH number of the holotype was given in the original description and a type series of eight specimens was obtained at the type locality. The seven paratypes are: AMNH 246430–246436, two males, one male?, three females, and one female? (according to the labels), all collected in late January and February 1926 by Rex Benson.