Myzomela splendida Tristram, 1879

Myzomela splendida Tristram

Myzomela splendida Tristram, 1879: 191 (Tanna) .

Now Myzomela cardinalis cardinalis (Gmelin, 1788) View in CoL . See Hartert, 1919a: 172–173, Bregulla, 1992: 247–249, and Higgins et al., 2008: 645– 646.

SYNTYPES: AMNH 692886, adult male, AMNH 692887, adult male, collected at Port Resolution, 19.32S, 169.29E (USBGN, 1974c), Tanna Island, Vanuatu ( 5 New Hebrides), in July 1878, by E.L. Layard. From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Tristram did not designate a type in the original description or say how many specimens he had; therefore, all of Layard’s July 1878 specimens from Tanna are syntypes. AMNH 692886 was not marked ‘‘Type’’ and was not listed as a ‘‘Cotype’’ by Hartert (1919a: 173), perhaps either because it was not marked ‘‘Type’’ or because the Rothschild Collection label was dated 1879 in error; the date on the original label is ‘‘ July 1878.’’ AMNH 692887 was marked ‘‘Type’’ by Tristram(?) and was considered a ‘‘cotype’’ ( 5 syntype) by Hartert (1919a: 173). However, both were collected in July 1878 at Port Resolution and are syntypes. There are, additionally, two Layard syntypes in LIVCM ( Wagstaffe, 1978: 22), one in BMNH ( Warren and Harrison, 1971: 523), one in MSNM ( Leonardi et al., 1995: 282), and one in RMNH ( Dekker and Quaisser, 2006: 30).