Banded Whiteface / Aphelocephala nigricincta
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Banded Whiteface
SCI Name:
Protonym: Xerophila nigricincta Ibis p.340
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Acanthizidae / Aphelocephala
Taxonomy Code: banwhi1
Type Locality: Missionary Plain, central Australia.
Author: North
Publish Year: 1895
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
APHELOCEPHALA
(Acanthizidae; Ϯ Southern Whiteface A. leucopsis) Gr. αφελης aphelēs smooth, simple < negative prefix α- a- ; φελλευς phelleus stony ground; κεφαλη kephalē head; "Xerophila Gould, must be displaced on account of Xerophila Held, a genus of Mollusca. In its place may be employed Aphelocephala, from αφελης, simplex, and κεφαλη, caput." (Oberholser 1899); "Aphelocephala Oberholser, 1899, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, p. 214. New name for Xerophila Gould, 1840, preoccupied by Xerophila Held, 1837 (Mollusca)." (JAJ 2021).
Synon. Xerophila.
nigricincta / nigricinctus
L. niger black; cinctus girdled < cingere to encircle.
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)
