White-bellied Antbird

SCI Name:  Myrmeciza longipes
Protonym:  Drymophila longipes Zool.J. 2 p.152
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thamnophilidae / Myrmeciza
Taxonomy Code:  whbant1
Type Locality:  some part of Brazil; error = Trinidad by designation of Hellmayr, Nov. Zool., 13, 1906, p. 33.
Author:  Swainson
Publish Year:  1825
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

MYRMECIZA
(Thamnophilidae; Ϯ White-bellied Antbird M. longipes) Gr. μυρμηξ murmēx, μυρμηκος murmēkos  ant; ιζω izō  to ambush; "MYRMECIZA, G. R. Gray (1841).  Drymophila ^b, Swains. (1824). Thamnophilus, D'Orb.  Myrmothera, Vieill.   M. longipes, (Swains.) G. R. Gray, Zool. Illustr., ii. pl. 23.  M. grallatoria, Swains.   ...   ^b Used in Botany." (G. Gray 1841).
Var. Myrmecisa, Myrmecixa.
Synon. Myrmonax.

longipes
L. longipes, longipedis  long-footed  < longus  long; pes, pedis  foot  < Gr. πους pous, ποδος podos  foot.
● ex “Long-legged Warbler” of Latham 1783 (‡Xenicus).

SUBSPECIES

White-bellied Antbird (panamensis)
SCI Name: Myrmeciza longipes panamensis
panama / panamense / panamensis
Panama (said to be the name of a fishing village meaning "plenty of fish").

White-bellied Antbird (longipes)
SCI Name: Myrmeciza longipes longipes
longipes
L. longipes, longipedis  long-footed  < longus  long; pes, pedis  foot  < Gr. πους pous, ποδος podos  foot.
● ex “Long-legged Warbler” of Latham 1783 (‡Xenicus).

White-bellied Antbird (boucardi)
SCI Name: Myrmeciza longipes boucardi
boucardi / boucardii
Adolphe Boucard (1839-1904) French naturalist, collector (subsp. Aimophila ruficeps, Amazilia, Crypturellus, subsp. Granatellus sallaei, subsp. Microrhopias quixensis, subsp. Myrmeciza longipes).

White-bellied Antbird (griseipectus)
SCI Name: Myrmeciza longipes griseipectus
griseipecta / griseipectum / griseipectus
Med. L. griseum  grey; L. pectus, pectoris  breast.