Erythropygia paena benguellensis Hartert, 1907

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Erythropygia paena benguellensis Hartert Erythropygia paena benguellensis Hartert, 1907c:

96 (Huxe, Benguella).

Now Cercotrichas paena benguellensis (Hartert,

1907). See Keith et al., 1992: 483.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 581041 , adult male, collected at Uche (5 Huxe), 128439S, 138209E ( Dean, 2000: 386), Namibe, Angola, on 21 June (not November) 1904, by Dr. William J. Ansorge (no. 83). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: In the original description, Hartert gave Ansorge’s field number of the holotype and stated that Ansorge had collected eight specimens. There are 11 specimens in AMNH, collected by Ansorge in Benguella in 1904 and 1905, and it is not possible to know when these came into Rothschild’s possession. All of them may have been available to Hartert in 1907 and are possible paratypes. The seven adult specimens (in addition to the holotype) collected at Huxe, Lengi Hochte, and Sandpits in 1904 are AMNH 581040, 581042–581045, 581047, and 581049. An immature female, AMNH 581048, collected in 1904 may not have been included in the total, and it is possible that the description was based only on 1904 specimens. The two specimens collect­ ed in 1905 are AMNH 581039 and 581046, from Huxe and Benquella Town.