Lamprotornis porphyroplevron

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TYPE MATERIAL: Sundevall (1850: 100) mentioned both male and female in his original description. According to his acquisition catalogue he had 11 specimens available. Gyldenstolpe (1926: 7 – 8) referred to NRM 568743 [6414] as a “ type ”; which we treat here as a lectotype designation of this adult male collected 21 August 1840 in Durban. The ten paralectotypes are: NRM 90172195 [4685], collected 16 June 1839 or 1840 in Durban; NRM 553765 [4690], an adult female collected 18 June 1839 in Durban; NRM 554882 [4692], a juvenile female collected 3 November 1839 in Durban; NRM 537724 [4687], a mounted male collected 8 December 1839 in Durban; a male [4686] without data was sent on exchange to Berlin in 1853 (but not found in the ZMB collection); a male [6423], collected in “ Caffr. ” before 1845 and sent as a gift to the high school in Örebro, Sweden, in 1857; a male [6424] without data sent as a gift to the high school in Uppsala in 1857; an adult female [4688], collected 4 July 1839 in Durban, sent as a gift to the high school in Oskarshamn, Sweden, in 1865; an adult female [4689] collected 16 June 1839 in Durban, and sent as a gift to the high school in Falun, Sweden, in 1865; and an adult female [4691], collected 8 December 1839 in Durban, and sent as a gift to the high school in Jönköping, Sweden, in 1865. VERIFIED TYPE LOCALITY: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.