Wing-banded Antbird

SCI Name:  Myrmornis torquata
Protonym:  Formicarius torquatus TablePlanchesEnlum. p.43
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thamnophilidae / Myrmornis
Taxonomy Code:  wibant1
Type Locality:  Cayenne, ex Daubenton, pi. 700, fig. 1.
Author:  Boddaert
Publish Year:  1783
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

MYRMORNIS
(Thamnophilidae; Ϯ Southern Wing-banded Antbird M. torquata) Gr. μυρμηξ murmēx, μυρμηκος murmēkos or μυρμος murmos  ant; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos  bird; "Myrmornithis ^s)   ...   ^s) Hoc nomen dare visum est novo utique generi, quod Americæ proprium primum descriptum est a BUFFONIO T. VI. p. 462 & nomine Fourmilier propositum haud prorsus aptissimo, quum quadrupes animal avemque eodem nomine insigniti, & novis homonymiis, quarum veteres jam nimis negotii nobis facessunt, novis erroribus ansam dare non videatur esse consentaneum. Singulariter illud genus ambiguum est, ut vix dici possit, quo ordine locari conveniat. Nam cauda alisque brevibus, & quod plures conjunctim in terra discurrunt, Perdicam utique æmulatur, cujus nomen Galli Guyaniam habitantes illi dederunt. Eadem brevitate caudæ alarumque cum Corvis brachyuris maxime congruunt, quibus simillimas BUFFONIUS prædicat, ut si de horum vitæ ratione constiterit, haud refragari videatur, quin uno genere conjungantur." (Hermann 1783); "Myrmornis Hermann, Tabula Affin. Anim., 1783, p. 180 [sic=188],¹ 210,² 235. Type, by subsequent designation, Fourmilier proprement dit, Buffon, 4, p. 473 = Le Fourmillier de Cayenne, Daubenton, Pl. enlum., pl. 700, fig. 1 = Formicarius torquatus Boddaert (Hellmayr, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 3, 1924, p. 321).   ...   ¹ Myrmornithis, genitive, hence not available under Opinion 183.   ² Myrmornithem, accustaive, hence not available under Opinion 183." (Peters 1951, VII, 255). Hermann here first uses the genitive case; elsewhere in the work he uses Myrmornithum, Myrmornin, Myrmornithem, and, finally, Myrmornis, in his tabular sequence between Upupa and Sitta.
Synon. Formicivorus, Rhopoterpe, Urotomus.

torquata
L. torquatus  collared  < torques  collar, necklace  < torquere  to twist.
● ex “Pato collar negro” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 441 (syn. Callonetta leucophrys).
● ex “Guira-querea” of Ray 1713, “Tette-Chèvre du Brésil” of Brisson 1760, and “Gold-collared Goatsucker” of Latham 1783 (Hydropsalis).
● ex “Rasle à collier des Philippines” of Brisson 1760 (Hypotaenidia).
● ex “Martin-pescheur hupé du Méxique” of Brisson 1760 (Megaceryle).
● ex “Fourmilier de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 700, fig. 1 (Myrmornis).
● ex “Chouette à Collier” of Levaillant 1799, pl. 42 (syn. Pulsatrix perspicillata).
● ex “Maizi de Miacatototl” of Seba 1734, and de Buffon 1770-1783, “Manacus torquatus” of Brisson 1760, and “Collared Manakin” of Latham 1783 (unident.).

SUBSPECIES

Wing-banded Antbird (Buff-banded)
SCI Name: Myrmornis torquata stictoptera
stictoptera / stictopterus
Gr. στικτος stiktos  spotted  < στιζω stizō  to tattoo; -πτερος -pteros 
-winged  < πτερον pteron  wing.

Wing-banded Antbird (Wing-banded)
SCI Name: Myrmornis torquata torquata
torquata
L. torquatus  collared  < torques  collar, necklace  < torquere  to twist.
● ex “Pato collar negro” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 441 (syn. Callonetta leucophrys).
● ex “Guira-querea” of Ray 1713, “Tette-Chèvre du Brésil” of Brisson 1760, and “Gold-collared Goatsucker” of Latham 1783 (Hydropsalis).
● ex “Rasle à collier des Philippines” of Brisson 1760 (Hypotaenidia).
● ex “Martin-pescheur hupé du Méxique” of Brisson 1760 (Megaceryle).
● ex “Fourmilier de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 700, fig. 1 (Myrmornis).
● ex “Chouette à Collier” of Levaillant 1799, pl. 42 (syn. Pulsatrix perspicillata).
● ex “Maizi de Miacatototl” of Seba 1734, and de Buffon 1770-1783, “Manacus torquatus” of Brisson 1760, and “Collared Manakin” of Latham 1783 (unident.).