Rufous-backed Antvireo / Dysithamnus xanthopterus
Rufous-backed Antvireo
SCI Name:
Protonym: Dasythamnus xanthopterus Systemat.Uebers.Thier.Brasil. 3 p.81
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thamnophilidae / Dysithamnus
Taxonomy Code: rubant2
Type Locality: Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Author: Burmeister
Publish Year: 1856
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
DYSITHAMNUS
(Thamnophilidae; Ϯ Spot-breasted Antvireo D. stictothorax) Gr. δυω duō to plunge; θαμνος thamnos bush; "Gen. Dysithamnus n. gen. (δυω, hineinbegeben; θαμνος, Gebüsch). Die hierher gehörigen Arten sind bisher bald zu Thamnophilus, bald zu Myiothera oder Formicivora gestellt worden. Eine generische Absonderung scheint gerechtfertigt und ist schon von Swainson (Zool. Journ. I. 1824. p. 146) unter der Bezeichnung "short-tailed Thamnophili" angedeutet. ... 1. D. guttulatus. Lanius guttulatus Licht. Doubl. (1823) No. 500 mas, No. 501 fem. Myiothera strictothorax Temm. pl. col. 179. F. 2. mas, F. 1 fem. Thamnophilus strictothorax Pr. Max. Beitr. III. p. 1013. 2. D. mentalis. ... *3. D. olivaceus. ... 4. D. stellaris." (Cabanis 1847); "Dysithamnus Cabanis, Arch. Naturg., 13, 1847, Band 1, p. 223. Type, by subsequent designation, Myothera strictothorax Temminck (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 42)." (Peters, 1951, VII, p. 181).
Var. Disythamnus, Dasythamnus.
Synon. Silvestrius.
xanthoptera / xanthopterigius / xanthopterus
Gr. ξανθος xanthos yellow; -πτερος -pteros -winged < πτερον pteron wing.
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)