White-shouldered Antbird / Akletos melanoceps
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White-shouldered Antbird
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Protonym: Thamnophilus melanoceps Av.Sp.Nov.Brasil. 2 p.28 pl.39 fig.1
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thamnophilidae / Akletos
Taxonomy Code: whsant1
Type Locality: 'in Sylvis Parae''; error = Rio lea, Brazil, substituted by Hellmayr, 1924.
Author: von Spix
Publish Year: 1825
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
AKLETOS
(Thamnophilidae; Ϯ White-shouldered Antbird A. melanoceps) Gr. ακλητος aklētos uncalled, unbidden < negative prefix α- a- ; κλητος klētos called, chosen < καλεω kaleō to summon; "AKLETOS, new genus. Description. - Similar to Attila Lesson, but tarsus longer and beak smaller. Bristles of the gape undeveloped. Beak about as long as the head; its shape is reminiscent of those of Attila and Laniocera Lesson. The outer toe is united to the middle one over a greater distance than in Attila, but not quite to the end of the second phalange. Tarsus pycnaspidean, longer than the culmen and the clawed middle toe, and longer than one-third of the wing length. Tail short and slightly rounded. The fifth and sixth primaries are the longest, the tenth between the second and third. Genotype:- AKLETOS PERUVIANUS, new species" (Dunajewski 1948); "Akletos Dunajewski, 1948, Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club, 68 (7), p. 131. Type, by original designation and monotypy, Akletos peruvianus Dunajewski, 1948 (♀) = Thamnophilus melanoceps von Spix, 1825." (JAJ 2020).
Synon. Inundicola.
melanoceps
L. melas, melanos black < Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos black; -ceps -capped < caput, capitis head.
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)
