Myrmothera
Myrmothera is a genus of birds belonging to the antpitta family Grallariidae that are found in Middle and South America.
| Myrmothera | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Thrush-like antpitta (Myrmothera campanisona) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Grallariidae |
| Genus: | Myrmothera Vieillot, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Myrmornis campanisona[1] Hermann, 1783 | |
Taxonomy
The genus was established in 1816 by the French ornithologist Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot.[2] The type species was subsequently designated by Philip Sclater in 1890 as the thrush-like antpitta.[3][4]
The genus contains 6 species:[5]
- White-lored antpitta (Myrmothera fulviventris) (formerly in Hylopezus)
- Amazonian antpitta (Myrmothera berlepschi) (formerly in Hylopezus)
- Thicket antpitta (Myrmothera dives) (formerly in Hylopezus)
- Tepui antpitta (Myrmothera simplex)
- Thrush-like antpitta (Myrmothera campanisona)
- Tapajos antpitta (Myrmothera subcanescens)
Some other taxonomies, including those followed by the Integrated Taxonomic Information System and Handbook of Birds of the World, consider the Tapajos antpitta to be a subspecies of the thrush-like antpitta.[6][7] Based on DNA analysis, the genus is considered to be a sister taxon to the genus Hylopezus.[8] The name Myrmothera is a compound word created from the Greek words murmos, meaning "ant" and -theras, meaning "hunter" (from therao, meaning "to hunt).[9]
References
- "Grallariidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- Vieillot, Louis Jean Pierre (1816). Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Élémentaire (in French). Paris: Deterville/self. p. 43.
- Sclater, P.L. (1890). Catalogue of the Passeriformes or Perching Birds in the Collection of the British Museum. Tracheophonae, or the families Dendeocolaptidae, Forillcariidae, Conopophagidae, and Pteroptochidae. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Vol. 15. London: Trustees of the British Museum. pp. 311, 321.
- Peters, James Lee, ed. (1951). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 7. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 260.
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2023). "Antthrushes, antpittas, gnateaters, tapaculos, crescentchests". IOC World Bird List Version 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- "Myrmothera campanisona (Hermann, 1783)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
- "Thrush-like Antpitta (Myrmothera campanisona)". Handbook of Birds of the World Alive. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
- "Taxonomic structure and notes". Handbook of Birds of the World Alive. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
- Jobling, James A. (2010). "The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names". London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 264.