Velvet Asity / Philepitta castanea
Velvet Asity
SCI Name:
Protonym: Turdus castaneus Natursyst.Suppl. Suppl. p.143
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Philepittidae / Philepitta
Taxonomy Code: velasi1
Type Locality: Madagascar.
Author: Statius Muller
Publish Year: 1776
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PHILEPITTA
(Philepittidae; Ϯ Velvet Asity P. castanea) Portmanteau of genera Philedon Cuvier, 1817, friarbird, and Pitta Vieillot, 1816, pitta; “Genre PHILÉPITTE, PHILEPITTA. L'auteur compare successivement ce genre aux Brèves (Pitta), aux Martins, à divers sous-genres de Muscicapidés, et aux Philédons. Suivant M. Isidore Geoffroy, c'est près de ces derniers qu'il doit prendre rang. ... PHILÉPITTE VÉLOUTÉE, Philepitta sericea” (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1839); "Philepitta Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, 1838, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 6, p. 440. Type, by monotypy, Philepitta sericea Geoffroy St.-Hilaire = P. castanea P. L. S. Müller." (Amadon in Peters 1979, VIII, 330). Recent research indicates that the Velvet Asity and its allies may be aberrant broadbills Eurylaimidae.
Var. Philopitta.
Synon. Brissonia, Buddinghia, Paictes.
castanea
L. castaneus chestnut-coloured, chestnut-brown < castanea chestnut < Gr. καστανον kastanon chestnut.
● ex Ardea ralloides Scopoli, 1769, and “Castaneous Heron” of Latham 1785 (syn. Ardeola ralloides).
● ex “Merle doré de Madagascar” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 539, fig. 2 (Philepitta).
● (Kuhl 1820) ex “Gobe-mouche huppé du Cap de Bonne Espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 234, fig. 1 (syn. Terpsiphone paradisi).
● (Temminck 1835) ex “Tchitrec bé varié” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 146 (syn. Terpsiphone paradisi).
● ex “Pigeon de la Martinique” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Zenaida aurita).
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)