Gallinula olivacea Meyen 1834
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Gallinula olivacea Meyen, 1834a: 109, pl. 20.
Now: Amaurornis olivacea olivacea (Meyen, 1834a). See Parkes (1971), Taylor (1998).
Syntype: ZMB 13238 (Lichtenstein 1832, Nr. 61 or 62 sub “ Crex ”), skin, collected by Meyen in “ September ” [= 15–28 Sep 1831; see below] at “ Manila ” [= Manila, Luzon, Philippines; see below].
Syntype: ZMB 13239 (Lichtenstein 1832, Nr. 61 or 62 sub “ Crex ”), skin, collected by Meyen in “ September ” [= 15–28 Sep 1831; see below] at “ Manila ” [= Manila, Luzon, Philippines; see below].
Type locality. “ Manila, in der Nähe der Seeküste” (“ Manila, near the sea shore”) according to Meyen (1834a: 109). Lichtenstein (1832) added that the syntypes were collected in September. Meyen could have collected “near the shore” only during 15–28 September 1831, because he was inland on 29 September–8 October, and the fever he suffered after his return to Manila on 9 October precluded him exploring Manila and its vicinity thereafter, since his departure onboard the Prinzess Louise was on 15 October (Meyen 1835: 274–275). He thus must have collected both syntypes between 15–28 September 1831, when he remained in and near the city of Manila. Meyen (1834a) used “ Manila ” in the sense of both the city and to mean Luzon Island, so we ascertain the type locality as near the shores of Manila Bay at Manila, Luzon, Philippines [ca. 14.60°N, 120.95°E].
Remarks. Meyen (1834a) mentioned putative male and female plumages (i.e. at least two specimens), while Lichtenstein (1832) listed two relevant specimens. These two specimens thus constitute the type series.
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- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4250.1.1 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/439779 (URL)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/E420106FFFFEFFCCFFF3FFE6FF8FFFC9 (URL)
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Biodiversity
- Collection code
- ZMB
- Event date
- 1831-09-15
- Family
- Rallidae
- Genus
- Gallinula
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Gruiformes
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Meyen
- Species
- olivacea
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype , syntype
- Verbatim event date
- 1831-09-15 , 1831-09-15/28
- Taxonomic concept label
- Gallinula olivacea Meyen, 1834 sec. Mlíkovský & Frahnert, 2017
References
- Meyen, F. J. F. (1834 a) Vogel. In: Meyen, F. J. F. (Ed.), Beitrage zur Zoologie, gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erde. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Akademie der Naturforscher, 8 (Supplement), pp. 59 - 124.
- Parkes, K. C. (1971) Taxonomic and distributional notes on Philippine birds. Nemouria, 4, 1 - 67.
- Taylor, B. (1998) Rails. Pica Press, Mountfield, 600 pp.
- Lichtenstein, M. H. C. (1832) Verzeichniss der von dem Herrn Dr. Meyen Mitgebrachten Saugethieren und Vogeln. (19. May 1932). Zool. Mus., Signatur: S I, Meyen, F. J. F., Museum fur Naturkunde zu Berlin, Historische Bild- u. Schriftgutsammlungen, Bestand, 2 pp.
- Meyen, F. J. F. (1835) Reise um die Erde Ausgefuhrt auf dem Koniglich Preussischen Seehandlungs-Schiffe Prinzess Louise, Commandirt von Capitain W. Wendt, in den Jahren 1830, 1831 und 1832. Vol. 2. Historischer Bericht. Sander'sche Buchhandlung, Berlin, vii + 413 pp.