Little Spiderhunter / Arachnothera longirostra
Little Spiderhunter
SCI Name:
Protonym: Certhia longirostra IndexOrn. 1 p.299
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Nectariniidae / Arachnothera
Taxonomy Code: litspi1
Type Locality: Bengal; restricted to Tippera District, Bengal State, Pakistan, by Deignan, 1963, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 226, p. 208.
Author: Latham
Publish Year: 1790
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ARACHNOTHERA
(Nectariniidae; Ϯ Yellow-eared Spiderhunter A. chrysogenys) Gr. αραχνης arakhnēs spider; -θηρας -thēras hunter < θηραω thēraō to hunt < θηρ thēr, θηρος thēros beast, animal; "SOUIMANGA A JOUES JAUNES. NECTARINIA CHRYSOGENYS. TEMM. ... Remarque. Nous venons de trouver dans les papiers de notre défunt ami Van Hasselt, que cet oiseau et les deux espèces figurée sur notre planche 84 sous les noms de Souimanga à long bec et Souimanga modeste se nourrissent uniquement d'araignées et qu'ils ont la langue courte et cartilagineuse. Cette seule remarque, toute succincte quelle soit, suffit cependant pour exclure ces oiseaux du genre Nectarinia; nous attendrons de nouveaux renseignemens qui pourront être fournis par les voyageurs Boié, Macklot et Muller, et nous publierons alors les caractères propres à ce petit groupe, qui portera la dénomination générique d'Arachnothera." (Temminck 1826); "Arachnothera Temminck, 1826, Pl. Col., livr. 65, pl. 388, in text to fig 1. Type, by monotypy, Nectarinia chrysogenys Temminck." (Rand in Peters, 1967, XII, p. 282).
Var. Arachnotheres.
Synon. Anthophagana, Anthophagus, Arachnocestra, Arachnoraphis.
longirostra
L. longus long; -rostris -billed < rostrum beak.
● ex “Long-billed Creeper” of Latham 1787 (Arachnothera).
Longirostris
(syn. Limnodromus Ϯ Short-billed Dowitcher L. grisea) L. longus long; -rostris
-billed < rostrum beak; "Longirostris is, I think, preferable to Macroramfus [sic] for the genus Longbeak" (C. T. Wood 1836). Var. Longirostra (Wood 1837: "Brown Longbeak. Macroramfe ponctue, - Roth M[acroramfe]. Longirostra grisea, Wood. .. Longbeak, Longirostris, Wood").
SUBSPECIES
Little Spiderhunter (longirostra)
SCI Name: Arachnothera longirostra longirostra
longirostra
L. longus long; -rostris -billed < rostrum beak.
● ex “Long-billed Creeper” of Latham 1787 (Arachnothera).
Little Spiderhunter (sordida)
SCI Name: Arachnothera longirostra sordida
sordida
L. sordidus shabby, dirty < sordere to be dirty < sordes, sordis dirt.
● ex “Merle des Philippines” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 89 (Pitta).
Little Spiderhunter (pallida)
SCI Name: Arachnothera longirostra pallida
pallida
L. pallidus pallid, pale, wan, sallow < pallere to be pale.
Little Spiderhunter (cinireicollis)
SCI Name: Arachnothera longirostra cinireicollis
cinireicollis
L. cinereus ash-coloured < cinis, cineris ashes; Mod. L. -collis -throated, -necked < L. collum neck.
Little Spiderhunter (niasensis)
SCI Name: Arachnothera longirostra niasensis
nias / niasense / niasensis
Nias I., Sumatra, Indonesia.
Little Spiderhunter (prillwitzi)
SCI Name: Arachnothera longirostra prillwitzi
prillwitzi
Conrad Ernst August Prillwitz (1856-1922) German collector in Java 1897-1922 (subsp. Arachnothera longirostra, Mixornis, subsp. Pycnonotus simplex).
Little Spiderhunter (buettikoferi)
SCI Name: Arachnothera longirostra buettikoferi
buettikoferi
Dr Johann Büttikofer (1850-1927) Swiss zoologist, collector in Liberia and Borneo, Curator of Royal Zoological Mus., Leiden 1884-1897, Director of Zoological Gardens, Rotterdam 1897-1924 (syn. Accipiter minullus, subsp. Arachnothera longirostra, subsp. Burhinus vermiculatus, Cinnyris, syn. Columba iriditorques, syn. Dryocopus javensis, syn. Ketupa ketupu minor, syn. Malacocincla abbotti concreta, Trichastoma).
Little Spiderhunter (atita)
SCI Name: Arachnothera longirostra atita
atita
Gr. ατιτος atitos neglected, unavenged < negative prefix α- a- ; τινω tinō to avenge.
Little Spiderhunter (rothschildi)
SCI Name: Arachnothera longirostra rothschildi
rothschildi
● Lionel Walter 2nd Baron Rothschild of Tring (1868-1937) English ornithologist (syn. Amazona barbadensis, subsp. Arachnothera longirostra, Astrapia, Bangsia, subsp. Bostrychia olivacea, subsp. Buteo buteo, syn. Camaroptera superciliaris, syn. Casuarius unappendiculatus, subsp. Charmosyna pulchella, syn. Cochoa viridis, Crithagra, Cypseloides, syn. Daphoenositta chrysoptera striata, syn. Diomedea exulans, syn. Diphyllodes magnificus, syn. Eos bornea, subsp. Fregata magnificens, subsp. Geospiza scandens, subsp. Geotrygon saphirina, syn. Granatina ianthinogaster, syn. Gygis alba candida, Heliangelus x Eriocnemis, syn. Hemitriccus zosterops, subsp. Heteromyias armiti, syn. Irediparra gallinacea, Leucopsar, syn. Micropsitta pusio, subsp. Muscicapa sibirica, subsp. Nucifraga caryocatactes, ‡syn. Pachyornis elephantopus, syn. Phaethon rubricauda, syn. Phalacrocorax onslowi, subsp. Phasianus colchicus, syn. Pitta sordida, subsp. Pomatorhinus superciliaris, subsp. Psilopogon lagrandieri, syn. Rhea americana albescens, syn. Rhea americana intermedia, syn. Sericulus chrysocephalus, subsp. Serilophus lunatus, syn. Stipiturus malachurus westernensis, syn. Sylvia melanocephala momus, syn. Tanysiptera nympha, subsp. Zosterops minor) (see rothschildii).
● Maurice Edmond Charles Baron de Rothschild (1881-1957) French politician, art collector, big-game hunter, patron of the arts, Senator 1929-1945 (syn. Anthoscopus sylviella, syn. Campephaga phoenicea, syn. Columba iriditorques, syn. Euplectes hordeaceus craspedopterus, subsp. Hirundo lucida, syn. Laniarius funebris, syn. Pyrenestes ostrinus).
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)