Fraseria (Melaenornis) cinerascens ruthae Dickerman, 1994

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Fraseria (Melaenornis) cinerascens ruthae Dickerman

Fraseria (Melaenornis) cinerascens ruthae Dickerman (in Dickerman et al.), 1994: 277 (Mabali, Tumba, ‘‘B.C.’’ (5 Zaire)).

Now Fraseria cinerascens ruthae Dickerman, 1994 . See Urban et al., 1997: 435–436.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 764721 , adult female, collected at Mabali, 00.55S, 18.09E ( Chapin, 1954: 694), Lake Tumba , Congo (Kinshasa), on 9 November 1954, by James P. and Ruth T. Chapin (no. 421).

COMMENTS: Dickerman gave the AMNH number of the holotype in the original description and said that he had 16 specimens from Cameroon, 14 from Gabon, and 4 from Congo (Kinshasa), for a total of 34 specimens. Because Dickerman examined specimens housed in BMNH and AMNH, it is uncertain which individual specimens he saw.