Charadrius frontalis Sundevall, 1850: 110

Dean, W. Richard J., Åhlander, Erik & Johansson, Ulf S., 2022, Avian type localities and the type specimens collected by Johan August Wahlberg in southern Africa, Zootaxa 5134 (4), pp. 521-560 : 528

Charadrius frontalis Sundevall, 1850: 110 .

VERBATIM TYPE LOCALITY: “ Hab. in Caffraria. ”

CURRENT STATUS: Synonym of Vanellus lugubris (Lesson, 1826) ; Charadriidae ( Dickinson & Remsen 2013: 206) .

TYPE MATERIAL: In his original description Sundevall gave no clue as to the number of specimens he had at his disposal.He stated however:“ Tectrices quaedam albomarginatae et, in [male.] stria nigra ”, which indicates that he had both sexes available. According to Sundevall’s acquisition catalogue he had three specimens available. Gyldenstolpe (1926: 100) referred to NRM 569822 [7818] as “type”, which we treat as a lectotype designation of this adult male collected 29 July 1841 in Durban. The two paralectotypes are: NRM 535202 [7820], a mount of a female also collected 29 July 1841 in Durban; and a female [7819] collected 9 May 1842 in Durban, sent on exchange to Berlin in 1853, but no longer in the ZMB collection.

VERIFIED TYPE LOCALITY: Durban , KwaZulu-Natal .

COMMENTS: Gyldenstolpe’s (1934) correction of the TL to Umhlanga is erroneous. Wahlberg returned to Durban from Umhlanga on 3 July 1841 and remained in Durban until 29 July when he began a journey to Pietermaritzburg.