R. Prinzinger et al., DNA-SEQUENCE ANALYSIS OF MITOCHONDRIAL CYT-B AND THE SPECIES STATUS OF LANIARIUS-DUBIOSUS (RCHW. 1899), Journal fur Ornithologie, 138(3), 1997, pp. 291-296
In 1899 RElCHENOW described an african bushshrike in juvenile plumage
as a new species. He named it Laniarius dubiosus. DNA from type materi
al (feathers and skin) was extracted and DNA sequences from the mitoch
ondrial Cyt-b gene were analysed. Comparisons of DNA-sequences from ot
her bushshrikes (including the type-specimen from Luehder's bushshrike
Laniarius luhderi) support the judgement that ''dubiosus'' does not r
epresent a full species rather than a representative of the western su
bspecies of the Luehder's bushshrike Laniarius luehderi.