Morphology-based phylogenetic analysis and classification of the family Rhinocryptidae (Aves: Passeriformes)
Author
MaurĂcio, Giovanni Nachtigall
Author
Areta, Juan Ignacio
Author
Bornschein, Marcos Ricardo
Author
Reis, Roberto E.
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Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2012
2012-09-28
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00847.x
journal article
10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00847.x
0024-4082
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TRIBE
RHINOCRYPTINI (
WETMORE, 1926
)
, NEW RANK
Type
genus:
Rhinocrypta
G. R.
Gray, 1841
Included taxa
: subtribes
Acropternina
,
Rhinocryptina
,
Pteroptochina
, and
Scytalopodina
.
Diagnosis
.
Exclusive changes:
Char. 27.1, Lacrimal bone wide dorsally and narrower ventrally, with a further change (27.3) in the clade
Eugralla
+
Myornis
+
Scytalopus
.
Char. 33.1, Ventral surface of the zygomatic process with a conspicuous lamina, with reversal (33.0) in three
Scytalopus
taxa.
Char. 77.1, Cranial half of the syrinx with a sulcus in its ventrolateral surface.
Non-exclusive changes:
Char. 11.0, Short transpalatine process, with reversal (11.1) in
Scelorchilus
; convergent in the outgroup genera
Melanopareia
,
Mackenziaena
,
Geositta
,
Phacellodomus
,
Sittasomus
, and
Pitangus
.
Char. 12.0, Straight or slightly curved jugal bar, with reversal (12.1) in the clade
Myornis
+
Scytalopus
; also found in most outgroup taxa.
Char. 49.1, Dorsal iliac crests medially fused, forming the
Crista iliosynsacralis
; convergent in the outgroup genera
Cranioleuca
and
Dendrocolaptes
.
Bremer support for this clade: 4.