Sylviella fischeri

Type locality: Malindi [Malindi, Kilifi County, Kenya], from the original description as well as locality of the holotype.

Remarks: In the original description one Fischer specimen from Malindi was mentioned, but was formerly referred to as Sylviella leucopsis. The only specimen with such characteristics is ZMB 24246, which is regarded as the holotype. However, it is not now at the ZMB; it was mounted and probably destroyed during World War II. Sylviella fischeri Reichenow, 1900 was described in February 1900 and so is a junior synonym to Sylviella minima Ogilvie-Grant, 1900, described in January 1900.

Holotype (missing): ZMB 24246 (B 15685, Fischer no. 174 a), male, collected at Malindi, [31.05.1878].

Now: Sylvietta whytii minima (Ogilvie-Grant, 1900). See Mayr et al. (1986: 211).