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

By

GOURAUD, Christophe
Frahnert, Sylke
Gamauf, Anita 1962-2018
Mije, Steven van der

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

580

Pages

145-152

Subjects

Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse , lectotypification , Type locality

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.580.7892

 

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 P. exustus is designated as lectotype of the taxon, and the type locality is restricted to Senegal.