Species profile
Indicator maculicollis
Indicator maculicollis
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TYPE MATERIAL: Sundevall stated in his original description (1850: 109) that he had data for both male and female, and according to his acquisition catalogue, four specimens were available to him in 1850. Gyldenstolpe (1926: 79) referred to NRM 569752 [7413] as a “ type ”, which we treat as a lectotype designation of this adult female collected 30 June 1840 in Durban. The three paralectotypes are: NRM 569753 [7411], a male collected 30 May 1841 in Durban; NRM 534136 [7412], a mount of a male, collected 14 September 1840 in Durban; a female [4831], collected 20 July 1839 in Durban, sent on exchange to Berlin in 1853 (but probably no longer present in the ZMB collection). VERIFIED TYPE LOCALITY: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Scientific name
- Indicator maculicollis
- Family
- Indicatoridae
- Order
- Piciformes
- Genus
- Indicator
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