Hemipodius maculosus Temminck, 1815

Jansen, Justin J. F. J., 2017, Rene Mauge's ornithological collections from Kupang Bay, West-Timor, Indonesia, August-November 1801, with special regard to type-specimens, Zoosystematics and Evolution 93 (2), pp. 467-492 : 472

Hemipodius maculosus Temminck

Hemipodius maculosus Temminck, 1815, Hist. Nat. Gen. Pigeons Gallinaces 3: 631, 757 (le continent de la Nouvelle-Hollande).

Turnix maculosus (Temminck, 1815). See Peters 1934: 144, van den Hoek Ostende et al. 1997: 53 and Voisin and Voisin 2015: 54 and 57. - Now.

Type materials.

SYNTYPE: MNHN-ZO-MO-2001-543 [MNHN A.C. 12676], adult female, near Kupang Bay, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, West-Timor (10°11'0"S; 123°35'0"E), between 22 August and 13 November 1801, by René Maugé.

Pedestal underside: (Sticker) Asie Aust. Cvtt Le Natte / Expedit. Du Captne Baudin / an XI / 134 / Vieill. (partially illegible) planche 217. 1. 11676 / (illegible) Turnix maculatus / Hempidus maculosus (illegible). 2. Turnix maculosus (Tem.). Pedestal label: Turnix maculosa (Tem.) / T. maculata (V.) Type / Exp. Baudin Asie.

SYNTYPE: RMNH. AVES.87.424, adult female, near Kupang Bay, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, West-Timor (10°11'0"S; 123°35'0"E), between 22 August and 13 November 1801, by René Maugé.

Pedestal underside: He. maculosus / T. mauchete / male / Vieill. Pl 217 / Oceanie. Pedestal label: Turnix maculosa / Cat. 1. / Hemipodius maculosus / Turnix mouchete / Temm. Pig et Gall. / Viell. Pl. 17 / Oceanie / ♀ / Type / ♂ / 1812. Pedestal label: absent.

SYNTYPE (lost): near Kupang Bay, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, West-Timor (10°11'0"S; 123°35'0"E), between 22 August and 13 November 1801, by René Maugé.

Comments.

Temminck stated that the Baudin expedition brought back three specimens which entered the MNHN ( Voisin and Voisin 2015: 54). One specimen is therefore missing. The MNHN specimen was catalogued around 1854 (MNHN Laboratory, ZMO-GalOis 4) and represents the sole specimen of this species. The RMNH specimen was exchanged with Temminck in 1812. At that time, Temminck had one of the largest private collections in Europe ( Jansen 2017a). The two surviving syntypes, and likely the missing third syntype as well, are also the type series of Turnix maculatus Vieillot 1819. The type locality is erroneous (le continent de la Nouvelle-Hollande), and therefore corrected and restricted to: West-Timor, near Kupang Bay (article 76a.2.A (ICZN 1999)). Temminck himself described this species and named it Hempidus maculosus or ‘spotted’ ( Jobling 2017).