Myrmoderus Loricatus Bird
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Myrmoderus Loricatus Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Myiothera loricata Verz.Doubl.Zool.Mus.Berlin p.44
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thamnophilidae / Myrmoderus
Taxonomy Code: whbant4
Type Locality: Baia, Brazil.
Author: Lichtenstein, MHC
Publish Year: 1823
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MYRMODERUS
(Thamnophilidae; Ϯ White-bibbed Antbird M. loricatus) Gr. μυρμος murmos ant; δερω derō to thrash, to cudgel; "Myrmoderus gen. nov. (Formicariidæ.) Related to Myrmeciza Gray but tail much longer (more than five-sixths as long, sometimes longer than, wing, bill more slender, nostril larger and more longitudinal, and forehead more densely feathered, with feathers more compactly webbed, more decumbent; style of coloration very different. Type.— Myiothera loricata Lichtenstein. (Mυρμηξ, an ant; δερω, I flay, cudgel.)" (Ridgway 1909).
Synon. Myrmedestes.
loricata / loricatus
L. loricatus clothed in mail, breast-plated < lorica leather cuirass, metal breast-plate < lorum, lori strap (cf. Med. L. loricatus man-at-arms).
● ex “Jacapú” of Marcgrave 1648 (Compsothraupis).
● ex “Picazúró” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 317 (syn. Patagioenas picazuro).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
