Great Xenops / Megaxenops parnaguae
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Great Xenops
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Protonym: Megaxenops parnaguae Anz.Akad.Wiss.Wien 42 p.322
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Megaxenops
Taxonomy Code: grexen1
Type Locality: Catinga woods on the trail from Parnagua to Olho d''Agua, Piaui.
Author: Reiser
Publish Year: 1905
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MEGAXENOPS
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Great Xenops M. parnaguae) Gr. μεγας megas, μεγαλη megalē great; genus Xenops Illiger, 1811, xenops; "Megaxenops parnaguae n. gen., n. spec. ... Von weit beträchtlicherer Körpergröße als Xenops ... Zwischen Parnagua und Olho d'Agoa im Süden von Piauhy in der Catinga-Waldung spärlich auftretend" (Reiser 1905); "Megaxenops Reiser, Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 42, 1905, p. 322. Type, by monotypy, Megaxenops parnaguae Reiser." (Peters 1951, VII, 147).
Var. Megoxenops.
parnaguae
Parnaguá, Piauí, Brazil.
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)
