Cnipodectes Superrufus Bird
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Cnipodectes Superrufus Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Cnipodectes superrufus Auk 124 762-772
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Cnipodectes
Taxonomy Code: ruftwi1
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Author: Lane, Servat, Valqui & Lambert
Publish Year: 2007
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
CNIPODECTES
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Brownish Twistwing C. subbrunneus) Gr. κνιψ knips, κνιπος knipos insect, woodworm; δηκτης dēktēs biter < δακνω daknō to bite; "29. CNIPODECTES SUBBRUNNEUS. Cyclorhynchus subbrunneus, Scl. P.Z.S. 1860, pp. 282, 295. Myiochanes subbrunneus, Scl. Cat. p. 232. ... For this curious form, which will not go with either of the genera to which it has been hitherto referred, we propose the new generic term Cnipodectes*. It is a larger and stronger form of Myiobius, and should be placed next to that genus. ... * κνιψ, culex, et δηκτης, mordicator." (P. Sclater & Salvin 1873); "Cnipodectes Sclater and Salvin, 1873, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 281. Type, by monotypy, Cyclorhynchus subbrunneus Sclater." (Traylor in Peters, 1979, VIII, p. 95).
superrufus
L. super above; rufus rufous.
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)
