Appert’s Tetraka / Xanthomixis apperti
WBN 
Appert's Tetraka
SCI Name:
Protonym: Phyllastrephus apperti Ibis 114 p.89
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Bernieridae / Xanthomixis
Taxonomy Code: apptet1
Type Locality:
Author: Colston
Publish Year: 1972
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
XANTHOMIXIS
(Bernieridae; Ϯ Spectacled Tetraka X. zosterops) Gr. ξανθος xanthos yellow; ομμα omma, ομματος ommatos eye; genus Neomixis Sharpe, 1881, jery (cf. genus Ixos Temminck, 1825, bulbul); "A better arrangement of the genus Bernieria and its allies appears to me to be somewhat as follows ... b. Tarso quam culmen longiore. ... d'. Vibrissis maximis, usque ad apicem rostri productis; tarsis integris. . . . . Xanthomixis. ... 4. Xanthomixis zosterops (Sharpe)" (Sharpe 1881) (see Neomixis).
Var. Xanthomixus, Xanthomiscus.
apperti
Fr. Dr Otto Appert (1930-2012) Swiss missionary to Madagascar 1959-1966, 1973-1990, palaeontologist, naturalist (Xanthomixis).
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)
