Myzomela Eques Bird

English Name:  Ruby-throated Myzomela
Latin Name:  Myzomela eques
Protonym:  Cinnyris eques Bull.Sci.Nat.[Ferussac] 11 p.386
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Meliphagidae / Myzomela
Taxonomy Code:  retmyz1
Type Locality:  Waigeu Island and Dorei, northwestern New Guinea; restricted to Waigeu by Mayr, 1941, List New Guinea Birds, p. 193.
Author:  Lesson & Garnot
Publish Year:  1827
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

MYZOMELA
(Meliphagidae; Ϯ Scarlet Myzomela M. sanguinolenta) Gr. μυζαω muzaō  to suck; μελι meli  honey; "This section forms an interesting subdivision of the present group [Meliphagidae], as marking the passage to the Cinnyridæ ...  this type of form may be generically characterized as follows, the Mel. cardinalis being the normal species.  Genus. MYZOMELA.  Rostrum breve, gracile; culmine arcuato, ad basin subcultrato; naribus longitudinalibus, linearibus, perangustis, membrana supra tectis, rostri tertiam partem longitudine æquantibus.  Lingua, alæ, pedesque iidem fere ut in Meliphagis veris.  Cauda subbrevis, æqualis" (Vigors & Horsfield 1827); "Myzomela Vigors and Horsfield, 1827, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 15, p. 318 [=316]. Type, by original designation, Meliphaga cardinalis Vigors and Horsfield = Certhia sanguinolenta Latham." (Salomonsen in Peters 1967, XII, 350).
Var. Mysomela.
Synon. Cosmeteira, Melomyza.    

eques
L. eques, equitis  cavalryman (e.g. with epaulets)  < equus  horse (cf. aeque  alike, equally  < aequus  like, equal).
● ex “Gobe-mouche à poitrine orangée de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 831, fig. 1, and “Gobe-mouche à poitrine orangée de Guyane” of de Buffon 1770-1786 (?syn. Pachyramphus sp.).
● ex “Figuier cendré de la Caroline” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 731, fig. 1, and “Figuier cendré à collier” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (syn. Parula americana).
● ex “Psittaca Borbonica torquata” of Brisson 1760, “Perruche à collier de l’Île de Bourbon” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 215, “Perruche à double collier” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Double-ringed Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (‡Psittacula).

SUBSPECIES

Ruby-throated Myzomela (eques)
Latin Name: Myzomela eques eques
eques
L. eques, equitis  cavalryman (e.g. with epaulets)  < equus  horse (cf. aeque  alike, equally  < aequus  like, equal).
● ex “Gobe-mouche à poitrine orangée de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 831, fig. 1, and “Gobe-mouche à poitrine orangée de Guyane” of de Buffon 1770-1786 (?syn. Pachyramphus sp.).
● ex “Figuier cendré de la Caroline” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 731, fig. 1, and “Figuier cendré à collier” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (syn. Parula americana).
● ex “Psittaca Borbonica torquata” of Brisson 1760, “Perruche à collier de l’Île de Bourbon” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 215, “Perruche à double collier” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Double-ringed Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (‡Psittacula).

Ruby-throated Myzomela (primitiva)
Latin Name: Myzomela eques primitiva
primitiva / primitivus
L. primitivus  primitive, the earliest of its kind  < primus  very first, foremost  < super. prior, prius  first.

Ruby-throated Myzomela (nymani)
Latin Name: Myzomela eques nymani
nymani
Dr Erik Olof August Nyman (1868-1900) Swedish botanist, collector in New Guinea 1897-1899 (subsp. Myzomela eques).

Ruby-throated Myzomela (karimuiensis)
Latin Name: Myzomela eques karimuiensis
karimuiensis
Karimui, Papua New Guinea.