Plain Xenops / Xenops minutus
Plain Xenops
SCI Name:
Protonym: Turdus minutus Mus.Carls. fasc.3 no.68 pl.68
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Xenops
Taxonomy Code: plaxen1
Type Locality: no locality given, Rio de Janeiro suggested by Hellmayr, 1925, p. 232.
Author: Sparrman
Publish Year: 1788
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
XENOPS
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Plain Xenops X. minutus) Gr. ξενος xenos stranger; ωψ ōps, ωπος ōpos face, countenance; "GENUS 25. XENOPS Hoffmannsegg (ξενος inusitatus, novus, ωψ vultus) (Steigschnabel Germ.) Rostrum mediocre, rectum porrectum, conicum acutum valde compressum, inverse cultratum i.e. culmine recto, gonyde recurva ascendente. Tomia integerrima. Nares basales, laterales, ovatae, patulae. Lingua. . . . . Alae mediocres. Cauda mediocris, emarginata, rectricibus 12 laxis, lateralibus brevioribus. Pedes ambulatori, mediocres, congrui. Digiti antici basi coadunati, laterales subaequales, medio breviores. Hallux digitum medium aequans. Unguis posticus antico medio paullo major. Acropodia scutulata. Species: Xenops genibarbis n. sp. e Cametà Brasiliae" (Illiger 1811); "Xenops Illiger, Prodromus, 1811, p. 213. Type, by monotypy, Xenops genibarbis Illiger." (Peters 1951, VII, 143).
Var. Zenops.
Synon. Anecorhamphus, Neops.
minutum / minutus
L. minutus little < minuere to make smaller (see also minuta).
● ex “Becque Fleur” of Levaillant 1801-1804, pl. 124 (Anthoscopus).
● ex “Lesser Ibis” (= ☼) of Edwards 1764 (syn. Eudocimus ruber).
● ex “Petit Râle de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 847, and “Little Rail” of Latham 1785 (syn. Hapalocrex flaviventer).
● ex “Little Brown Bittern” of Edwards 1760, and “Blongios” of Brisson 1760 (Ixobrychus).
● "62. MERGUS. ... minutus. 5. M. capite griseo lævi. Fn. svec. 115. Te wezel-coot. Alb. av. l. p. 84. t. 88. Habitat in Europa. In alis macula atra, antice & postice alba." (Linnaeus 1758) (syn. Mergellus albellus ♀).
● ex “Petit Gobe-mouche tacheté de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 831, fig. 2 (syn. Myrmotherula brachyura).
SUBSPECIES
Plain Xenops (mexicanus Group)
SCI Name: Xenops minutus [mexicanus Group]
XENOPS
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Plain Xenops X. minutus) Gr. ξενος xenos stranger; ωψ ōps, ωπος ōpos face, countenance; "GENUS 25. XENOPS Hoffmannsegg (ξενος inusitatus, novus, ωψ vultus) (Steigschnabel Germ.) Rostrum mediocre, rectum porrectum, conicum acutum valde compressum, inverse cultratum i.e. culmine recto, gonyde recurva ascendente. Tomia integerrima. Nares basales, laterales, ovatae, patulae. Lingua. . . . . Alae mediocres. Cauda mediocris, emarginata, rectricibus 12 laxis, lateralibus brevioribus. Pedes ambulatori, mediocres, congrui. Digiti antici basi coadunati, laterales subaequales, medio breviores. Hallux digitum medium aequans. Unguis posticus antico medio paullo major. Acropodia scutulata. Species: Xenops genibarbis n. sp. e Cametà Brasiliae" (Illiger 1811); "Xenops Illiger, Prodromus, 1811, p. 213. Type, by monotypy, Xenops genibarbis Illiger." (Peters 1951, VII, 143).
Var. Zenops.
Synon. Anecorhamphus, Neops.
Plain Xenops (genibarbis Group)
SCI Name: Xenops minutus [genibarbis Group]
XENOPS
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Plain Xenops X. minutus) Gr. ξενος xenos stranger; ωψ ōps, ωπος ōpos face, countenance; "GENUS 25. XENOPS Hoffmannsegg (ξενος inusitatus, novus, ωψ vultus) (Steigschnabel Germ.) Rostrum mediocre, rectum porrectum, conicum acutum valde compressum, inverse cultratum i.e. culmine recto, gonyde recurva ascendente. Tomia integerrima. Nares basales, laterales, ovatae, patulae. Lingua. . . . . Alae mediocres. Cauda mediocris, emarginata, rectricibus 12 laxis, lateralibus brevioribus. Pedes ambulatori, mediocres, congrui. Digiti antici basi coadunati, laterales subaequales, medio breviores. Hallux digitum medium aequans. Unguis posticus antico medio paullo major. Acropodia scutulata. Species: Xenops genibarbis n. sp. e Cametà Brasiliae" (Illiger 1811); "Xenops Illiger, Prodromus, 1811, p. 213. Type, by monotypy, Xenops genibarbis Illiger." (Peters 1951, VII, 143).
Var. Zenops.
Synon. Anecorhamphus, Neops.
Plain Xenops (White-throated)
SCI Name: Xenops minutus minutus
minutum / minutus
L. minutus little < minuere to make smaller (see also minuta).
● ex “Becque Fleur” of Levaillant 1801-1804, pl. 124 (Anthoscopus).
● ex “Lesser Ibis” (= ☼) of Edwards 1764 (syn. Eudocimus ruber).
● ex “Petit Râle de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 847, and “Little Rail” of Latham 1785 (syn. Hapalocrex flaviventer).
● ex “Little Brown Bittern” of Edwards 1760, and “Blongios” of Brisson 1760 (Ixobrychus).
● "62. MERGUS. ... minutus. 5. M. capite griseo lævi. Fn. svec. 115. Te wezel-coot. Alb. av. l. p. 84. t. 88. Habitat in Europa. In alis macula atra, antice & postice alba." (Linnaeus 1758) (syn. Mergellus albellus ♀).
● ex “Petit Gobe-mouche tacheté de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 831, fig. 2 (syn. Myrmotherula brachyura).
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)