Spot-crowned Antvireo / Dysithamnus puncticeps
Spot-crowned Antvireo
SCI Name:
Protonym: Dysithamnus puncticeps Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt1 p.72
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thamnophilidae / Dysithamnus
Taxonomy Code: spcant1
Type Locality: Veragua, Caribbean lowlands of Panama.
Author: Salvin
Publish Year: 1866
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.
puncticeps
L. punctum, puncti spot < pungere to puncture; -ceps -crowned < caput, capitis head.
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)