Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833 : 54
Oenanthe hispanica melanoleuca (Güldenstädt, 1775)
Type specimens and type localities of birds collected during the Hemprich and Ehrenberg expedition to Lebanon in 1824
Mlíkovský, Jiří
Frahnert, Sylke
Zootaxa
2011
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Hemprich & Ehrenberg
Hemprich & Ehrenberg
[151,726,1536,1563]
Aves
Muscicapidae
Saxicola
Animalia
Passeriformes
7
8
Chordata
species
eurymelaena
Saxicola eurymelaena Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833: 54. Now. Oenanthe hispanica melanoleuca(Güldenstädt, 1775). See Hartert (1910: 687).
Typeseries.“Specimina 9 adsunt, syriacaomnia” ( Hemprich & Ehrenberg 1833). These nine specimens (of which both males and females were described) thus form the typeseries of Saxicola eurymelaena. No specimens were listed under this name by Lichtenstein(1825, 1854) or in the Inventory Catalogue of the ZMB, but two specimens in ZMBare still labeled as Saxicola eurymelaena( ZMB4757, 4758). Both of these specimens (adult males from “Beirut”) are registered in the Inventory Catalogue of the ZMBas “ Saxicola albicillav. Müll.” [= von Müller 1851: 28]. This indicates that Lichtensteinlisted Hemprich and Ehrenberg’s eurymelaenaas albicilla, although the latter name, created by Müller and C. L. Brehm (in C. L. Brehm 1851: 28) is younger than that created by Hemprich and Ehrenberg (1833). Overall, five Saxicola albicillawere listed in the Inventory Catalogue of the ZMBwith appropriate localities. Hemprich and Ehrenberg’s (1833) description of the male fits that of black-throated males of the Black-eared Wheatear. Their description of females is unclear, and they did not mention any juveniles. Dresser and Blanford (1874: 340) found three specimens attributed to S. eurymelaenain ZMBin 1873, but did not specify their sex or age. We thus consider only the two adult males as certain syntypesof S. eurymelaena, but we list below all specimens registered in the Inventory Catalogue of the ZMBas Saxicola albicillafrom appropriate localities. Syntype. ZMB4757, skin, 3, collected on an unknown date [= 5–24 July 1824] at “Beirut” (label) [= Beirut, Lebanon]. Identified as Saxicola eurymelaena(label) or Saxicola albicillav. Müll. (Inventory Catalogue of the ZMB). Syntype. ZMB4758, skin, 3, collected on an unknown date [= 5–24 July 1824] at “Beirut” (label) [= Beirut, Lebanon]. Identified as Saxicola eurymelaena(label) or Saxicola albicillav. Müll. (Inventory Catalogue of the ZMB). Syntype(?): ZMB4764, skin, juv. 3 (Inventory Catalogue of the ZMB) or juv. Ƥ (label), collected on an unknown date [= 18 May–6 August 1824] in “ Syrien” [= northern Lebanon]. Syntype(?): ZMB14869, mount, juv., collected in “ Syrien” (Inventory Catalogue of the ZMB) [= northern Lebanon]. Syntype(?): ZMB14870, skin, juv. Ƥ, collected on an unknown date [= 18 May–6 August 1824] in “ Syrien” (Inventory Catalogue of the ZMB) [= northern Lebanon]. Typelocality.The typelocality of Saxicola eurymelaenawas “ Syria” according to Hemprich and Ehrenberg (1833). Knowing their itinerary, we here correct the typelocality to northern Lebanonbetween Beirut, Baalbek and Tripoli.
Remarks.Although the taxonomic identity of lost syntypesis unknown, there is no evidence that they belonged to a different taxon than the surviving specimens. Hence, lectotypification is unnecessary. The surviving syntypesare males of the black-throated color-morph of the Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica melanoleuca(Güldenstädt, 1775).