A genus-level classification of the family Thraupidae (Class Aves: Order Passeriformes) Author Burns, Kevin J. Author Unitt, Philip Author Mason, Nicholas A. text Zootaxa 2016 4088 3 329 354 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.3.2 fcf25fb0-17d2-4892-bd42-2dffdb549763 1175-5326 266311 201C6F0F-D061-427D-96A2-50879D46D32D 11. Poospizinae, new subfamily ( Fig. 3 ) Type genus. Poospiza Cabanis, 1847 . Included genera. Cnemoscopus Bangs & Penard, 1919 , Compsospiza Berlepsch, 1893 , Cypsnagra Lesson, 1831 , Donacospiza Cabanis, 1851 , Hemispingus Cabanis, 1851 , Nephelornis Lowery & Tallman, 1976 , Piezorina Lafresnaye, 1843 , Poospiza Cabanis, 1847 , Pyrrhocoma Cabanis, 1851 , Thlypopsis Cabanis, 1851 , Urothraupis Taczanowski & Berlepsch, 1885 , Xenospingus Cabanis, 1867 . Diagnosis. We do not know any morphological characters that unite this diverse group. Instead, we have identified seven unreversed molecular synapomorphies across four genes. These are, for ND2: C1003A; for ACO1: A768G; for MBI2: G110A and T190C; for RAG1: T253C, C568G and A1984G. Cladistically, we define this subfamily as the descendants of the common ancestor of Xenospingus concolor and Poospiza melanoleuca . Comments. This subfamily name was originally used by Wolters (1980), but as he provided no description it is there a nomen nudum. Although Burns et al. (2014) described this subfamily, they failed to explicitly designate Poospizinae as a new subfamily name. Here we correct this omission and indicate Poospizinae as a new subfamily. The genus names used within this subfamily require extensive revision. In particular, the large genera Hemispingus Cabanis, 1851 , and Poospiza Cabanis, 1847 , are polyphyletic with respect to each other and with respect to eight other genera ( Fig. 3 ). Thus, we make recommendations 12 to 20 below to bring the classification of this subfamily into alignment with the topology of our phylogenetic tree.