Meliphaga reticulata Temminck, 1820

Jansen, Justin J. F. J., 2017, Rene Mauge's ornithological collections from Kupang Bay, West-Timor, Indonesia, August-November 1801, with special regard to type-specimens, Zoosystematics and Evolution 93 (2), pp. 467-492 : 474

Meliphaga reticulata Temminck

Meliphaga reticulata Temminck, 1824, Planches Coloriees 5: pl. 29, fig. 2 (Timor).

Meliphaga reticulatus Temminck, 1824. See Pucheran 1858: 469 and Hellmayr 1916: 101-102. - Now.

Type materials.

SYNTYPE: MNHN-ZO-2010-450 [MNHN A.C. 10178], adult, near Kupang Bay, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, West-Timor (10°11'0"S; 123°35'0"E), between 22 August and 13 November 1801, by René Maugé.

Pedestal underside: Timor / an XI Baudin / Péron et Lesueur / Le Naturaliste / 10178 / Ptilotis reticulate / (Type) (Tem.). Pedestal label: Ptilotis reticulata / Type (Tem.) / Exp. Baudin Timor.

SYNTYPE: MNHN-ZO-2010-451 [MNHN A.C. 10179], adult, near Kupang Bay, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, West-Timor (10°11'0"S; 123°35'0"E), between 22 August and 13 November 1801, by René Maugé.

Pedestal underside: Timor / Le Naturaliste / Exp. Baudin / Péron et Lesueur / an XI / 10179 / Ptilotis reticulata / Tem. / Type. Pedestal label: Ptilotis reticulata / Type (Tem.) / Exp. Baudin Timor.

Comments.

Temminck only mentioned that the species could be found in the MNHN. The only two specimens at the MNHN at the time of writing are birds from the Baudin expedition (MNHN Laboratory, ZMO-GalOis 4). The specimen now in NMW (NMW 35.339) left the MNHN by 1815, was not examined by Temminck, and has no type status. The type locality is restricted to: West-Timor, near Kupang Bay (article 76a.2.A (ICZN 1999)). Temminck named this species Meliphaga reticulata or 'reticulated/with net-like markings’ ( Jobling 2017).