Two overlooked generic synonyms in the Thraupidae (Aves: Passeriformes)
Author
Piacentini, Vítor Q.
Author
Unitt, Philip
Author
Burns, Kevin J.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-05-21
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3
593
594
journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4608.3.13
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Loriotus
Jarocki,
1821
m
Zoologiia, 2, p. 133.
Type
, by monotypy:
Tanagra cristata
“GL” =
Tanagra cristata
Gmelin, 1789
=
Tanagra cristata
Linnaeus, 1766
Loriotus cristatus
(
Linnaeus, 1766
)
Generic synonym:
Islerothraupis
Burns, Unitt & Mason, 2016
f
Zootaxa, 4088, p. 335
Type
, by original designation:
Tanagra cristata
Linnaeus, 1766
Subsequently,
Piacentini (2017)
presented a rationale for treating the Blue-and-yellow Tanager, long known as
Thraupis bonariensis
(
Gmelin, 1789
)
, in its own genus instead of subsuming it within
Pipraeidea
, as
Burns et al. (2016)
and
Remsen et al. (2018)
have previously recommended on the basis of molecular data. However, Piacentini’s proposal of a new genus,
Remsenornis
, for
P. bonariensis
overlooked the fact that Wolters (1980:340, footnote) had already pro- posed a genus with
Loxia bonariensis
Gmelin
as its
type
species:
Rauenia
. Wolters’ name fulfils the requirements of the Code (
ICZN 1999
) for new genera proposed before 1999 and thus is available (see also
Mlíkovský 2012
). Consequently,
Remsenornis
Piacentini, 2017
, is a junior objective synonym of
Rauenia
Wolters, 1980
, and, if the Blue-and-yellow Tanager be classified in its own genus, it must be known as
Rauenia bonariensis
.
Rauenia
should be regarded as feminine in gender, in agreement with its latinized form.