Biology:Akletos

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Short description: Genus of birds

Akletos
Akletos goeldii - Goeldi's antbird (male).jpg
Goeldi's antbird (Akletos goeldii)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Akletos
Dunajewski, 1948
Type species
Akletos peruvianus[1]
Dunajewski, 1948

Akletos is a genus of passerine birds in the family Thamnophilidae.

The genus contains two species:[2]

The two species were formerly placed in the genus Myrmeciza. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2013 found that Myrmeciza, as then defined, was polyphyletic.[3] In the resulting rearrangement to create monophyletic genera these species were moved to the resurrected genus Akletos which had been introduced by the Polish ornithologist Andrzej Dunajewski in 1948.[2][4][5]

References

  1. "Thamnophilidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=108. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2018). "Antbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/antbirds/. Retrieved 2 February 2018. 
  3. Isler, M.L.; Bravo, G.A.; Brumfield, R.T. (2013). "Taxonomic revision of Myrmeciza (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae) into 12 genera based on phylogenetic, morphological, behavioral, and ecological data". Zootaxa 3717 (4): 469–497. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3717.4.3. PMID 26176119. http://www.museum.lsu.edu/Bravo/Publications_files/Zootaxa%202013%20Isler.pdf. 
  4. Dunajewski, A. (1948). "New races of the Brown Owl, Hedge-Sparrow and a new species of Attila; also a new genus of Cotingidae". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 68: 130–132. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40587906. 
  5. Isler, M.L.; Bravo, G.A.; Brumfield, R.T. (2013). "Inundicola Bravo, Isler, and Brumfield 2013 is a junior synonym of Akletos Dunajewski 1948 (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae)". Zootaxa 3779 (3): 399–400. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3779.3.10. PMID 24871736. 

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