Thraupis episcopus mediana J.T. Zimmer, 1944

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Thraupis episcopus mediana J.T. Zimmer

Thraupis episcopus mediana J.T. Zimmer, 1944: 10 (Manaos, Brazil).

Now Thraupis episcopus mediana J.T. Zimmer, 1944 . See Storer, 1970: 319, Parkes, 1993: 313– 316, and Dickinson, 2003: 807.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 233638 , adult male, collected at Manaus (5 Manaos), 03.08S, 60.01W ( Paynter and Traylor, 1991), Amazonas, Brazil, on 20 August 1927, by George H.H. Tate and T. Donald Carter (no. 68 [not 38]).

COMMENTS: Zimmer cited the AMNH number of the holotype in the original description and in the same publication ( Zimmer, 1944: 14) listed 164 specimens in addition to the holotype that he examined. The three additional specimens he listed as doubtfully belonging to mediana, I have not considered to be paratypes. There are actually 166 specimens from the localities listed that were available to Zimmer and were labeled as mediana by him, and I have considered all of those paratypes.

Brazil, Rio Negro , Manaus, AMNH 233639 , 238743 , 238749 , 248810–248812 , 310089– 310107 , 13 males and 12 females ; Muirapinimá, AMNH 312743–312754 , seven males and five females ; Igarapé Cacao Pereira, AMNH 128932 , 312335 , 312719–312742 , 313334 , 14 males, 10 females, and 1 sex ?; Tauapessasu , AMNH 276474 , male ; Tahuapunto , AMNH 435418 , male ; Iauarete , AMNH 435417 , male ; Tatu , AMNH 435420 , male ; San Gabriel, AMNH 271985 , 276473 , two males ; Santa Maria, AMNH 311486– 311488 , two males and one female ; Tabocal, AMNH 311489 , 311490 , two females ; Yavarari, AMNH 311474–311480 , three males and four females ; Yucabí, AMNH 311481–311385 , four males and one female ; Faro, AMNH 284680–284683 , 285384–285386 , 285386 bis, 285387–285394, six males and ten females. Rio Tapajoz , Tauary´, AMNH 287976– 287980 , two males and three females ; Aramanay´ , AMNH 287981 , female ; Igarapé Brabo, AMNH 287982 , 287983 , two females ; Santarem, AMNH 36298 , one sex?. Villa Bella Imperatríz, Lago Andirá, AMNH 278343– 278345 , three females ; Boca Rio Andirá , AMNH 278342 , 278346 , 278347 , one male and two females ; Santa Clara, AMNH 277396–277399 , four females. Rio Madeira , Borba, AMNH 280241–280247 , 280253 , 281015 , 509017 , eight males and two females ; Igarapé Auará, AMNH 280248–280252 , 280254–280257 , four males and five females ; Rosarinho, AMNH 282908–282920 , ten males and three females ; Santo Antonio de Guajará , AMNH 281016 , 281017 , two females ; Porto Velho, AMNH 148902–148904 , two males and one female ; Calamá, AMNH 128230 , 509016 , one male and one female. Rio Solimoës , AMNH 128231 , male. Colombia, Rio Uaupés , opposite Tahuapunto, AMNH 435419 , male. Venezuela, Rio Cassiquiare, El Merey, AMNH 433944–433946 , two males and one female .

Parkes (1993: 313–316) has suggested that T. e. mediana may prove to be a synonym of T. e. ehrenreichi (Reichenow, 1915).