Meliphaga mimikae bastille Diamond, 1967

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Meliphaga mimikae bastille Diamond

Meliphaga mimikae bastille Diamond, 1967: 12 (Karimui, Eastern Highlands District, Mandat- ed Territory of New Guinea, 3650 feet).

Now Meliphaga mimikae bastille Diamond, 1967 . See Coates, 1990: 287, and Higgins et al., 2008: 592–593.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 786039 , adult female, collected at Karimui , 3600 ft (as on label), 06.30S, 144.50E (PNG, 1984), Simbu Province, Papua New Guinea, on 14 July 1965, by Jared M. Diamond (no. 1191).

COMMENTS: The AMNH number of the holotype was cited in the original description, and a large number of paratypes were listed. Only the following paratypes are in AMNH: AMNH 809440–809463 , three females and one unsexed specimen from Bomai ; one male, three females, and one unsexed specimen from Soliabeda (5 Soriabida, as on label) ; five males, five females, and one unsexed specimen from Karimui ; three males and one female from Camp 1, Mount Karimui. Skeletons, also paratypes, in AMNH are: AMNH 6884–6888 , one sex?, three males, one female, all from Karimui, July 1965 .