Eleoscytalopus indigoticus individual male
photo: ibc.lynxeds.com
Eleoscytalopus gen. nov.
Maurício, Mata, Bornschein, Cadena, Alvarenga & Bonatto, 2008
Type-species: Myiothera indigotica Wied, 1831 [=Scytalopus indigoticus (Wied);
the syntypes, which are housed at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH 5416 and 5417), New York, USA
Included taxa: Eleoscytalopus indigoticus (Wied) comb. nov.;
E. psychopompus (Teixeira and Carnevalli) comb. nov.
Etymology. Eleos, from the Greek heleos, meaning swamp, refers to swampy forests, the preferred habitat of E. indigoticus and E. psychopompus; Scytalopus refers to the genus in which these two species were long included. Gender masculine.
Type-species: Myiothera indigotica Wied, 1831 [=Scytalopus indigoticus (Wied);
the syntypes, which are housed at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH 5416 and 5417), New York, USA
Included taxa: Eleoscytalopus indigoticus (Wied) comb. nov.;
E. psychopompus (Teixeira and Carnevalli) comb. nov.
Etymology. Eleos, from the Greek heleos, meaning swamp, refers to swampy forests, the preferred habitat of E. indigoticus and E. psychopompus; Scytalopus refers to the genus in which these two species were long included. Gender masculine.
Maurício, N. M, Matta, H., Bornschein, M. R., Cadena, C. D., Alvarenga, H., & Bonatto, S. L. 2008. Hidden generic diversity in Neotropical birds: Molecular and anatomical data support a new genus for the “Scytalopus” indigoticus species-group (Aves: Rhinocryptidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 49(1): 125-135.
Proposal (#365) to South American Classification Committee
Erect the new genus Eleoscytalopus for the "Scytalopus" indigoticus species group
