A generic name for some sparrows (Aves: Emberizidae) Author Klicka, John Marjorie Barrick Museum of Natural History, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 454012, Las Vegas, NV 89154 - 4012, USA. E-mail: klicka @ unlv. nevada. edu Author Banks, Richard C. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, P. O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013 - 7012, USA. E-mail: banksr @ si. edu text Zootaxa 2011 2011-03-17 2793 1 67 68 https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2793.1.7 journal article 4746 10.11646/zootaxa.2793.1.7 ddbe249a-102b-404a-86a4-9228ca3fed49 1175-5326 5290199 Artemisiospiza , new genus Type species. Emberiza belli Cassin. Diagnosis. Similar to Amphispiza but wing shorter relative to the tarsus, and tail longer ( Ridgway 1901:262 ). Molecular analysis also reveals differences in mitochondrial DNA sequences. Etymology. The feminine name combines the Latin generic name for sagebrush ( Artemisia , from the Greek word Artemis ) with the Greek word for finch ( spiza ). Included taxa. I n addition to the type species, this genus includes the species nevadensis (Ridgway) , which Rising (1996) recognized as distinct and Cicero (2010:113) has also recently suggested deserves specific status. The species belli includes the subspecies cinerea (Townsend) , clementae (Ridgway) and canescens (Grinnell) , fide Cicero (2010) .