Review of the type series of Pterocles exustus Temminck, 1825 (Aves, Pterocliformes, Pteroclidae) and designation of a lectotype

Abstract. The type locality of Pterocles exustus Temminck, 1825, is ‘West coast of Africa, Egypt and Nubia’. This is problematic because it includes the type locality of Pterocles exustus floweri (Nicoll, 1921), which is Fayum, Egypt. In the interest of clarification and to preserve stability of nom...

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Autores principales: Gouraud, Christophe, Frahnert, Sylke, Gamauf, Anita, van der Mije, Steven
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2016
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4829952/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27110210
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.580.7892
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Sumario:Abstract. The type locality of Pterocles exustus Temminck, 1825, is ‘West coast of Africa, Egypt and Nubia’. This is problematic because it includes the type locality of Pterocles exustus floweri (Nicoll, 1921), which is Fayum, Egypt. In the interest of clarification and to preserve stability of nomenclature, a non-Egyptian specimen from the type series of Pterocles exustus is designated as lectotype of the taxon, and the type locality is restricted to Senegal.

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