Striped Treehunter

SCI Name:  Thripadectes holostictus
Protonym:  Automolus holostictus Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1875) (1875), Pt4 p.542
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Thripadectes
Taxonomy Code:  strtre1
Type Locality:  Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia.
Author:  Sclater & Salvin
Publish Year:  1876
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

THRIPADECTES
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Flammulated Treehunter T. flammulatus) Gr. θριψ thrips, θριπος thripos woodworm; δηκτης dēktēs biter < δακνω daknō to bite; "Genus THRIPADECTES.  958. THRIPADECTES FLAMMULATUS.  Anabates flammulatus, Eyton, Contr. Orn. 1849, p. 131; Sclater, P.Z.S. 1855, p. 141. Thripadectes flammulatus, Sclater, MS." (P. Sclater 1862); "Thripadectes Sclater, Cat. Am. Bds., 1862, p. 157. Type, by monotypy, Anabates flammulatus Eyton." (Peters 1951, VII, 141).
Synon. Rhopoctites.

holostictus
Gr. ὁλος holos  complete, entire; στικτος stiktos  spotted  < στιζω stizō  to tattoo.

SUBSPECIES

Striped Treehunter (striatidorsus)
SCI Name: Thripadectes holostictus striatidorsus
striatidorsus
L. striatus  striated  < striare  to striate  < stria  furrow; dorsus  back.

Striped Treehunter (holostictus)
SCI Name: Thripadectes holostictus holostictus
holostictus
Gr. ὁλος holos  complete, entire; στικτος stiktos  spotted  < στιζω stizō  to tattoo.

Striped Treehunter (moderatus)
SCI Name: Thripadectes holostictus moderatus
moderatus
L. moderatus  moderate, regulated  < moderare  to keep within bounds  < modus  standard, measure.