Rallus adolfocaesaris Alcover, Pieper, Pereira & Rando, 2015, new species ...

• Main Authors: Alcover, Josep Antoni, Pieper, Harald, Pereira, Fernando, Rando, Juan Carlos
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Aves; Gruiformes; Rallidae; Rallus; Rallus adolfocaesaris; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6119611; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6119611

Rallus adolfocaesaris, new species Porto Santo rail [Figures 3, 8 H, 11B, 15B, 16B, 17B] Artistic reconstruction: Figure 23 Holotype: MMF 43444, R tmt. Type locality: Porto dos Frades, Porto Santo, 1985. Collectors: All the paratypes were collected by HP and OR, except those that are specifically attributed to a different collector. Measurements of holotype: total length, 33.4 mm; proximal width, 5.7 mm; diaphysis width, 2.8 mm; distal width, 5.8 mm. Paratypes: Fonte da Areia: MMF 43445, R tmt, 1981; MMF 43453, R fem, 1984. Porto dos Frades: MMF 43446, L tmt, 22 June1983, coll. KG; MMF 43447, L tbt, 1994; MMF 43448, R tbt, 12 Aug 1984, coll. KG; MMF 43449, R tbt, 1985; MMF 43450, pmx frag, 1985; MMF 43451, R hum frag, 1985. Measurements of paratypes (following the order of the specimens listed above): Tarsometatarsus—total length, 33.4, 31.4, 33.4 mm; proximal width, 4.8, 5.1, 5.7 mm; diaphysis width, 2.6, 2.6, 2.8 mm; distal width, 5.5, 5.3, 5.8 mm. Tibiotarsus—total length, 52.0, -, - mm; medial length: ... : Published as part of Alcover, Josep Antoni, Pieper, Harald, Pereira, Fernando & Rando, Juan Carlos, 2015, Five new extinct species of rails (Aves: Gruiformes: Rallidae) from the Macaronesian Islands (North Atlantic Ocean), pp. 151-190 in Zootaxa 4057 (2) on pages 157-160, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4057.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/233597 ...