Reunion Rail / Dryolimnas augusti
WBN Reunion Rail
SCI Name:
Protonym: Smiths.Contrib.Paleobiology 89 p.1,21
Taxonomy: Gruiformes / Rallidae / Dryolimnas
Taxonomy Code: reurai1
Type Locality:
Author: Mourer-Chauviré, Bour, Ribes & Moutou
Publish Year: 1999
IUCN Status: Extinct
DEFINITIONS
DRYOLIMNAS
(Rallidae; Ϯ White-throated Rail D. cuvieri) Gr. δρυς drus, δρυος druos tree; Mod. L. limnas rail < Gr. λιμνας limnas of the marsh < λιμνη limnē marsh; "DRYOLIMNAS, gen. n. Simile generi "Canirallus" dicto et culmine longiore quam digitus internus cum ungue, sed naribus longitudinalibus angustissimis, apertura nasali vix evidente, distinguendum. Typus D. cuvieri (Pucher.)" (Sharpe 1893); "Dryolimnas Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl. i, p. xxviii, 1893. Type by original designation, Rallus cuvieri Pucher." (W. Sclater, 1924, Syst. Av. Aethiop., I, p. 101).
augusti
● Marie Joseph Antoine Auguste de Villèle (1858-1943) French agronomist, poet, resident on Réunion (‡Dryolimnas).
● Auguste Sallé (1820-1896) French entomologist, collector in tropical America 1846-1856 (Phaethornis).
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)
