Scarlet Myzomela / Myzomela sanguinolenta
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Scarlet Myzomela
SCI Name:
Protonym: Certhia sanguinolenta Suppl.ind.orn. p.xxxvii
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Meliphagidae / Myzomela
Taxonomy Code: scamyz1
Type Locality: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Author: Latham
Publish Year: 1801
IUCN Status: Least Concern
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.
sanguinolenta / sanguinolentum / sanguinolentus
L. sanguinolentus bloody < sanguis, sanguinis blood.
● ex “Sanguineous Creeper” of Latham 1801 (Myzomela).
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)
