Victorin’s Warbler / Cryptillas victorini
WBN 
Victorin's Warbler
SCI Name:
Protonym: Bradypterus victorini K.Vet.Akad.NyaHandl.n.s. n.s., 2 no.10(1858) p.29
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Macrosphenidae / Cryptillas
Taxonomy Code: viswar1
Type Locality: Knysna.
Author: Sundevall
Publish Year: 1860
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CRYPTILLAS
(Macrosphenidae; † Victorin's Warbler C. victorini) Gr. κρυπτος kruptos obscure, hidden; ιλλας illas, ιλλαδος illados thrush. "The generic term Phlexis Hartlaub is preoccupied in Coleoptera by Phlexys Erichson, emended by Agassiz to Phlexis. It may be replaced by Cryptillas, from κρυπτος, occultus, and ιλλας, turdus; the type and sole species being Bradypterus victorini Sundevall." (Oberholser 1899); "Cryptillas Oberholser, 1899, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, p. 212. New name for Phlexis Hartlaub, 1866, preoccupied by Phlexis Agassiz, 1842, an emendment of Phlexys Erichson, 1841 (Coleoptera)." (JAJ 2021).
Synon. Phlexis.
victorini
● Victor François Masséna Prince d’Essling and Duc de Rivoli (1836-1910) French politician, Deputy for Alpes-Maritimes 1863-1871 (subsp. Anisognathus somptuosus).
● Johan Fredrick Victorin (1831-1855) Swedish collector in South Africa 1853-1855 (Cryptillas).
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)
