Rote Myzomela

SCI Name:  Myzomela irianawidodoae
Protonym:  Myzomela irianawidodoae Treubia 44 77-100
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Meliphagidae / Myzomela
Taxonomy Code:  rotmyz2
Type Locality:  
Author:  Prawiradilaga et al.
Publish Year:  2017
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

MYZOMELA
(Meliphagidae; Ϯ Scarlet Myzomela M. sanguinolenta) Gr. μυζαω muzaō  to suck; μελι meli  honey; "This section forms an interesting subdivision of the present group [Meliphagidae], as marking the passage to the Cinnyridæ ...  this type of form may be generically characterized as follows, the Mel. cardinalis being the normal species.  Genus. MYZOMELA.  Rostrum breve, gracile; culmine arcuato, ad basin subcultrato; naribus longitudinalibus, linearibus, perangustis, membrana supra tectis, rostri tertiam partem longitudine æquantibus.  Lingua, alæ, pedesque iidem fere ut in Meliphagis veris.  Cauda subbrevis, æqualis" (Vigors & Horsfield 1827); "Myzomela Vigors and Horsfield, 1827, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 15, p. 318 [=316]. Type, by original designation, Meliphaga cardinalis Vigors and Horsfield = Certhia sanguinolenta Latham." (Salomonsen in Peters 1967, XII, 350).
Var. Mysomela.
Synon. Cosmeteira, Melomyza.    

irianawidodoae
Iriana Joko Widodo (b. 1963) First Lady of Indonesia (2014 to date), wife of President Joko Widodo (Myzomela).