Tapajos Antpitta / Myrmothera subcanescens
WBN 
Tapajos Antpitta
SCI Name:
Protonym: Myrmothera campanisoma subcanescens Proc.Biol.Soc.Wash. 40 (36) p. 176
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Grallariidae / Myrmothera
Taxonomy Code: thlant3
Type Locality: Colonia do Mojuy, Santarem, Brazil.
Author: Todd
Publish Year: 1927
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
MYRMOTHERA
(Grallariidae; Ϯ Thrush-like Antpitta M. campanisona) Gr. μυρμος murmos ant; -θηρας -thēras hunter < θηραω thēraō to hunt < θηρ thēr, θηρος thēros beast, animal; "MYRMOTHÈRE, ou FOURMILLIER, Myrmothera. Turdus, Linn. Gm. Lath. Bec plus haut que large à la base, presque rond, un peu fort, convexe en dessus; mandibule supérieure échancrée et crochue vers le bout; l'inférieure entaillée, aiguë et retroussée à la pointe. — Queue courte. Esp. Béfroi, et quelques autres fourmilliers de Buffon. .... Myrmothera [μυρμος, formica, θηραω, venor]." (Vieillot 1816); "Myrmothera Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 43. Type, by subsequent designation, G. brevicauda = Formicarius brevicauda Boddaert = Myrmornis campanisona Hermann (Sclater, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., 15, 1890, p. 321)." (Peters 1951, VII, 260).
Var. Myrmecothera.
Synon. Codonistris.
subcanescens
L. sub beneath; canescens, canescentis greyish, hoary < canus grey.
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)
