Penthetria soror

Type locality: “ Kawanga ” [Mumias, Kakamega County, Kenya], from the original description as well as locality of the holotype.

Remarks: In the original description no type was chosen, and there were no inventory numbers for specimens provided, but measurements for one specimen and the locality “ Kawanga ” with the date 15 March were given. As no. 250 was the only P. soror Fischer collected at “ Kawanga ”, ZMB 48.5 is regarded as the holotype for this species. “ Kawanga ” (Wanga’s place) was a locality where travelers and expeditions engaged porters and took on supplies, now the town of Mumias in western Kenya (0 ° 20 ’ N, 34 ° 29 ’ E).

Holotype: ZMB 48.5 (Fischer no. 250), skin, male, collected at “ Kawanga ”, 15.03. [18] 86.

Now: Euplectes macroura macroura (J. F. Gmelin, 1789). See Amadon et al. (1962: 71).