Elfin Myzomela / Myzomela adolphinae

Elfin Myzomela / Myzomela adolphinae

Elfin Myzomela

SCI Name:  Myzomela adolphinae
Protonym:  Myzomela adolphinae Ann.Mus.Civ.Stor.Nat.Genova 7(1875) p.946
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Meliphagidae /
Taxonomy Code:  moumyz1
Type Locality:  Arfak Mountains, northwestern New Guinea.
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Publish Year:  1876
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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.    

adolphinae
Adolphina Susanna Wilhelmina Bruijn née van Renesse van Duivenbode (1844-1919) wife of Dutch trader and explorer J. Bruijn in the East Indies (Myzomela).