Lanceolated Monklet / Micromonacha lanceolata
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Lanceolated Monklet
SCI Name:
Protonym: Bucco lanceolata Rev.Mag.Zool.(2), 1 p.56
Taxonomy: Galbuliformes / Bucconidae / Micromonacha
Taxonomy Code: lanmon1
Type Locality: Pampa del Sacramento, upper Amazon.
Author: Deville
Publish Year: 1849
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MICROMONACHA
(Bucconidae; Ϯ Lanceolated Monklet M. lanceolata) Gr. μικρος mikros little; μοναχος monakhos monk < μονος monos solitary < μοναχοω monakhoō to make single; "MICROMONACHA 1, gen. nov. Genus generi Malacoptilæ affine, sed cauda breviore; necnon a genere Nonnula rostro breviore, ad basin magis incrassato, et digitis longioribus distinguendum. Sp. typ. M. lanceolata (Bucco lanceolatus, Deville) ... 1 μικρος, parvus, et μοναχη, monacha." (P. Sclater 1881).
lanceolata / lanceolatus
L. lanceolatus lanceolate, spear-shaped < lancea lance (see, e.g., Plectorhyncha).
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)
