Species profile
Charadrius frontalis
Charadrius frontalis
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TYPE MATERIAL: In his original description Sundevall gave no clue as to the number of specimens he had at his disposal. He stated however: “ Tectrices quaedam albomarginatae et, in [male.] stria nigra ”, which indicates that he had both sexes available. According to Sundevall’s acquisition catalogue he had three specimens available. Gyldenstolpe (1926: 100) referred to NRM 569822 [7818] as “ type ”, which we treat as a lectotype designation of this adult male collected 29 July 1841 in Durban. The two paralectotypes are: NRM 535202 [7820], a mount of a female also collected 29 July 1841 in Durban; and a female [7819] collected 9 May 1842 in Durban, sent on exchange to Berlin in 1853, but no longer in the ZMB collection. VERIFIED TYPE LOCALITY: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.
- Scientific name
- Charadrius frontalis
- Family
- Charadriidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Charadrius
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