Seram Myzomela / Myzomela blasii
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Seram Myzomela
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Protonym: Stigmatops blasii Orn.Papu.Moluc. 3 p.543,566
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Meliphagidae / Myzomela
Taxonomy Code: sermyz1
Type Locality: Ambon Island.
Author: Salvadori
Publish Year: 1882
IUCN Status: Least Concern
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.
blasii
● Prof. Dr Wilhelm August Heinrich Blasius (1845-1912) German ornithologist, Director of Brunswick Mus. 1870 (subsp. Hypothymis puella, subsp. Lonchura punctulata, Myzomela).
● Prof. Johann Heinrich Blasius (1809-1870) German zoologist, Director of Brunswick Mus. 1859 (syn. Sterna hirundo).
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)
