Veraguan Mango / Anthracothorax veraguensis
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Veraguan Mango
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Protonym: Anthracothorax veraguensis Trochil.Enum. p.9
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Anthracothorax
Taxonomy Code: verman1
Type Locality: Veragua.
Author: Reichenbach
Publish Year: 1855
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ANTHRACOTHORAX
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Green-throated Mango A. viridigula) Gr. ανθραξ anthrax, ανθρακος anthrakos coal, carbuncle (i.e. black); θωραξ thōrax, θωρακος thōrakos chest; "Anthracothorax. a. weder Holle noch Abzeichen. b. untere Theile des Körpers sammetschwarz. c. Schnabel lang und gebogen. d. Schwanz kupferviolet und e. abgerundet. Arten. 1. Troch. mango. 2. — holosericeus Gm. 3. — violaceus Gm. 4. — gramineus Gm." (Boie 1831); "Anthracothorax Boie, Isis von Oken, 1831, col. 545. Type, by subsequent designation, Trochilus violicauda Boddaert [♀] = Trochilus gramineus Gmelin [= Trochilus viridigula Boddaert [imm.♂]]. (Elliot, Classif. Syn. Trochil., 1879, p. 37.)" (Peters, 1945, V, p. 24).
Var. Anthrocorax.
Synon. Colubris, Endoxa, Floresia, Hypophania, Lampornis, Margarochrysis, Smaragdites.
veraguanensis / veraguensis
Veraguas Province, Panama.
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)
