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

Christophe Gouraud; Sylke Frahnert; Anita Gamauf; Steven van der Mije

doi:10.3897/zookeys.580.7892

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

Zookeys. 2016 Apr 12:(580):145-52. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.580.7892. eCollection 2016.

Authors

Christophe Gouraud¹, Sylke Frahnert², Anita Gamauf³, Steven van der Mije⁴

Affiliations

¹ Unaffiliated, Franz Baumannweg 22, Top 39, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
² Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstrasse 43, D-10115, Berlin, Germany.
³ Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, 1st Zoological Department - Ornithology, Burgring 7, A-1010 Vienna, Austria.
⁴ Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Postbus 9517, NL-2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.

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.

Keywords: Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse; lectotypification; type locality.