Larus glaucodes Meyen, 1834a : 115

Mlíkovský, Jiří & Frahnert, Sylke, 2017, Type specimens and type localities of birds (Aves) collected during F. J. F. Meyen’s circumnavigation in 1830 – 1832, Zootaxa 4250 (1), pp. 1-22 : 9

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Larus glaucodes Meyen, 1834a: 115 , pl. 24.

Now: Larus maculipennis M.H.C. Lichtenstein, 1823 (e.g. Dwight 1925: 298; Hellmayr & Conover 1948b: 281; Dickinson 2003: 148) or Larus maculipennis glaucodes Meyen, 1834a (e.g. A. Phillips in Belton 1984: 517; Howell & Dunn 2007: 313).

Syntype: ZMB 13462 skin, collected by Eduard Poeppig in 1827–1829 in Chile.

Syntype: ZMB 13463 ( Lichtenstein 1832, Nr. 73 sub “ Larus ”), skin, collected by Meyen in “ Maerz ” [= 1–15 Mar 1831; see below] in “ Chile ” [= bay of Valparaíso, Chile; see below]. For photos see Mallet-Rodriguez (2006: 177, fig. 3–4).

Type locality. “Die Küsten von Chile ” (“ Chilean coasts”) according to Meyen (1834a: 116). In his travel report, Meyen (1834b: 220) specified that these gulls were shot in the bay of Valparaíso. M.H.C. Lichtenstein (1832) reported that the specimen was collected in “ März ” ( March). Considering Meyen’s itinerary (see above), he must have collected the specimen between 1–15 March 1831. Poeppig collected his syntype at an unknown locality in Chile . The type locality of Larus glaucodes Meyen is thus coastal Chile (including Valparaíso, Valparaíso Region, 33.05°S, 71.60°W). GoogleMaps

Remarks. Meyen (1834a) called the species glaucodes in the text (p. 115) and glaucotes on the accompanying plate (pl. 24), respectively. Subsequently, both spellings, glaucodes (e.g. Boie 1844: 194; Cassin 1855: 204) and glaucotes (e.g. Meyen 1834b: 220; Bruch 1853: 105, 1855: 291; Lichtenstein 1854: 98; Bonaparte 1856: 771) have been used. The first author we found who mentioned both spellings, chose one and who can thus be considered as the First Reviser ( sensu ICZN 1999, Art. 24.2.3) is Gray (1870: 114). Following his decision, the name should be spelled glaucodes .