Phalacrocorax neglectus (Wahlberg 1855)
- Dataset
- Avian type localities and the type specimens collected by Johan August Wahlberg in southern Africa
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Aves
- order
- Suliformes
- family
- Phalacrocoracidae
- genus
- Phalacrocorax
- species
- Phalacrocorax neglectus
discussion
COMMENTS: Locality and date appear to be correct.
materials_examined
TYPE MATERIAL: From Wahlberg’s original description (1855: 214) it is obvious that he had several specimens (“ sat frequens ”) of both sexes and at different ages for study. AccordingtoSundevall’sacquisitioncatalogueseven specimenswerereceivedin 1857 from South Africa after Wahlberg’s death. Gyldenstolpe (1926: 96) referred to NRM 569893 [11817] as “ type ”, here treated as a lectotype designation of this male collected 11 April 1854 on Ichaboe Island. The six paralectotypes are: NRM 90101844 [11815], a male collected 11 April 1854 on Ichaboe Island; NRM 536788 [11818], a mount of a juvenile male collected 11 April 1854 on Ichaboe Island; NRM 90101846 [11819], a juvenile female collected 4 Apr 1854 on Penguin Island; NRM 90200198 [11820], a juvenile female collected 4 Apr 1854 on Penguin Island; NRM 554496 [11821], a pullus collected 11 Apr 1854 on Ichaboe Island; and UMB 9678 [11816], a male, data unknown, sent on exchange to Bremen in 1858. VERIFIED TYPE LOCALITY: Ichaboe Island, Namibia.
materials_examined
VERBATIM TYPE LOCALITY: “ Ad insulas orae occidentalis Africae meridionalis, ut Possession, Halifax, Ichaboe & c. sat frequens. ”