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[Norbert R.]

Turdulus Gray, 1846 was used for a subgenus of Geokichla by Wolters (Vogelarten d. Erde, Lfg. 6, 1980: 409) with Geokichla wardii (Blyth, 1842) the only included species.
Turdulus was introduced by Hodgson (1844) in J. E. Gray's Zool. Misc. 3, p. 83 for O[reocincla]. ? rostrata and O. ? micropus, both apparently nomina nuda, according to the Richmond Index.
I was unable to find the use of Turdulus by Gray (J. E. or G. R.?) in any 1846 publication, nor could I find the designation of a type species for the genus-group name Turdulus. However, Turdulus was placed in synonymy of Oreocincla in G. R. Gray's Handlist (1869) and Seebohm (Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. 5: 147) gives it as a synonym of Geocichla Kuhl, with G. wardii Hodgson in Gray, 1844 as the type species.
Who validated the genus-group name Turdulus, and was it Seebohm who designated G. wardii as the type species of that (sub)genus?
Any information would be welcome. Many thanks.

 

[l_raty]

(I am far from home and have limited resources here (only a phone, actually), hence I might certainly be overlooking details. I apologize if this proves to be the case.)

Turdulus was used as valid by Jerdon 1862 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9168347 , who attributed it to Hodgson and stated that the type was wardii - hence the name had in any case been made available at this point.

"Gray 1846" is presumably https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23852853 , albeit the name is not used as valid there, and the only species it is associated to is Turdus micropus, directly cited from Hodgson 1844, where it was nude. Maybe the species name was accepted as available due to Jerdon having made it a synonym of wardii in the mean time - https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38638493 ? (Jerdon did not adopt it as valid however, thus availability from this source, under the current rules, requires subsequent adoption by a later author, which must presumably be Gray. But Gray did not cite Jerdon, which may make this a bit problematic...)

 

[Björn Bergenholtz]

Die westpaläarktischen Turdus-Arten (einschl. der Irrgäste) ... auf folgende Untergruppen (Artengruppen oder Untergattungen): Turdulus Gray (T. sibiricus), ...

[H. E. Wolters (1952), here, p.262]

If of any help?

 

[mb1848]

Turdulus Gray, 1846 was used for a subgenus of Geokichla by Wolters (Vogelarten d. Erde, Lfg. 6, 1980: 409) with Geokichla wardii (Blyth, 1842) the only included species.

But Wolters does say Syn. micropus, melanoleuca, (Hartlaub?) pectoralis.
The Grays 1846 may not have seen the older Jerdon which is dated not earlier than August 1845? There is Turdulus davisoni by Hume from 1877. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95253#page/152/mode/1up .
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95253#page/79/mode/1up . Mentioning wardii.

 

[Norbert R.]

Many thanks for your explanations and literature references, Laurent, Björn and Mark. Jerdon (1844) explicitly refers to micropus as a MS name so it remains a nomen nudum, am I right? And the acceptance of Turdus micropus by Gray & Gray (1846 = 1847) does not make that name valid because it is again not accompanied by a description. Thus, Jerdon (1862) seems to be the first valid application of Turdulus. I will treat it as available from that source.