Ruby-topaz Hummingbird / Chrysolampis mosquitus
Ruby-topaz Hummingbird
SCI Name:
Protonym: Trochilus Mosquitus Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.120
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Chrysolampis
Taxonomy Code: ruthum1
Type Locality: 'In Indiis''; error = Surinam by substitution of Berlepsch and Hartert, Nov. Zool., 9, 1902, p. 87, note.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1758
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CHRYSOLAMPIS
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Ruby-topaz Hummingbird C. mosquitus) Gr. χρυσολαμπις khrusolampis gold-gleaming < χρυσος khrusos gold; λαμπω lampō to shine; ". . . Chrysolampis. 1. Troch. moschitus Linn. 2. — elatus Gm. 3. — cyanomelas Gm. 4. — guianensis Gm. 5. — carbunculus Gm. Die Arten stehen alle dem T. moschitus sehr nahe." (Boie 1831); "Chrysolampis Boie, Isis von Oken, 1831, col. 546. Type, by subsequent designation, Trochilus moschita [i.e. mosquitus] Linné. (Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 14.)" (Peters, 1945, V, p. 28).
Synon. Orthorhyncus.
• (syn. Eulampis † Purple-throated Carib E. jugularis) "Boie (Isis, 1831, 546) gave five species under his genus Chrysolampis ... Now Nos. 2, 4, and 5 are synonyms of No. 1, and No. 3 is a synonym of Trochilus jugularis Linn., and as it has been shown above that Trochilus moschitus (or mosquitus) Linn. is the type of Orthorhynchus it leaves Trochilus jugularis Linn. as the type of Chrysolampis Boie." (Riley, 1904, Auk, XXI, p. 486).
mosquitus
Spanish mosquito little fly < dim. mosca fly; “60. TROCHILUS. ... Mosquitus. 8. T. rectricibus æqualibus ferrugineis: extimis apice fuscis, corpore nigro-aureo, remigibus nigris. Mus. Ad. Fr. 2. p. Habitat in Indiis.” (Linnaeus 1758) (Chrysolampis).
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)