Conopophila albogularis subsp. melvillensis Mathews

• Main Author: , Mary
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• Published: Zenodo 2011
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Aves; Passeriformes; Meliphagidae; Conopophila; Conopophila albogularis; Conopophila albogularis melvillensis mathews; Conopophila albogularis mimikae mathews; Elliott; Bathurst Island; Wollaston; Ogilvie; Rothschild; Lynx; Melville Island
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Conopophila albogularis melvillensis Mathews Conopophila albogularis melvillensis Mathews, 1924: 389 (Cooper’s Camp, Apsley Straits, Melville Island, Northern Territory). Now Conopophila albogularis (Gould, 1843). See Salomonsen, 1967: 434, Schodde and Mason, 1999: 321–322, Christidis and Boles, 2008: 185– 191, and Higgins et al., 2008: 628. HOLOTYPE: AMNH 692381 , adult male, collected at Coopers Camp, Apsley Strait, Mellville Island, Northern Territory, Australia, on 2 October 1911, by J.P. Rogers (no. 2091). From the Mathews Collection (no. 10687) via the Rothschild Collection. COMMENTS: Mathews named this subspecies in his description of the adult male figured in Mathews (1924: pl. 523, bottom fig., opp. p. 388, text p. 389). It is the only Mathews specimen from Melville Island collected on 2 October 1911, and it bears Mathews’ ‘‘Figured’’ label, Rogers’ original label, and a Rothschild Collection label printed ‘‘Ex. coll. G.M. Mathews.’’ It had not previously been recognized as a type. Mathews (1924: 389) did not give a range for melvillensis , but he discussed all of Rogers’ Melville Island specimens of this form together and one may assume that he included all of the island in the range. The following Melville Island specimens are considered paratypes: Coopers Camp, AMNH 692380 , 4 October 1911, male, AMNH 692382 , 692383 , 24 October–1 November 1911, females; 10 miles southeast of Snake Bay, AMNH 692384–692391 , 29 December 1911 – 5 January 1912, males, AMNH 692392–692394 , 3–5 January 1912, females, AMNH 692395 , 29 December 1911, sex?. Hart and Pilling (1964: 101) noted that Coopers Camp was across Apsley Strait from the Bathurst Island Mission Station, 11.45S, 130.41E (Times Atlas). [ Conopophila albogularis mimikae Mathews] Mathews (1924: 390) named mimikae based on specimens collected at the mouth of the Mimika River, Papua Province, Indonesia ( 5 Dutch New Guinea) on the BOU and Wollaston expeditions to New Guinea, and reported on by Ogilvie-Grant (1915: 54). The type of mimikae is probably in BMNH, although not listed by Warren and Harrison (1971). [ Conopophila albogularis mimikae Mathews] Mathews (1924: 390) named mimikae based on specimens collected at the mouth of the Mimika River, Papua Province, Indonesia ( 5 Dutch New Guinea) on the BOU and Wollaston expeditions to New Guinea, and reported on by Ogilvie-Grant (1915: 54). The type of mimikae is probably in BMNH, although not listed by Warren and Harrison (1971). : Published as part of Mary, 2011, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 9. Passeriformes: Zosteropidae And Meliphagidae, pp. 1-193 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (348) on page 151 : {"references": ["Mathews, G. M. 1924. The birds of Australia. Vol. 11, pts. 4 - 9. London: H. F. and G. Witherby, 209 - 593, pls. 509 - 541.", "Salomonsen, F. 1967. Family Meliphagidae. In R. A. Paynter, Jr (editor), Check-list of birds of the world, vol. 12: 338 - 450. Cambridge, MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology, ix + 495 pp.", "Schodde, R., and I. J. Mason. 1999. The directory of Australian birds. Passerines. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing, 851 pp.", "Christidis, L., and W. E. Boles. 2008. Systematics and taxonomy of Australian birds. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing, viii + 277 pp.", "Higgins, P. J., L. Christidis, and H. A. Ford. 2008. Meliphagidae (honeyeaters). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 498 - 691. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 879 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs.", "Hart, C. W. M., and A. R. Pilling. 1964. The Tiwi of north Australia. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 118 pp.", "Ogilvie-Grant, W. R. 1915. Report on the birds collected by the British Ornithologists' Union Expedition and the Wollaston Expedition in Dutch New Guinea. Ibis, Jubilee Supplement no. 2: i - xx, 1 - 336.", "Warren, R. L. M., and C. J. O. Harrison. 1971. Type-specimens of birds in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2. Passerines. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), 628 pp."]}