Sciaphylax hemimelaena

Sciaphylax hemimelaena ♂, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil

Sciaphylax hemimelaena — distribution map

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Thamnophilida

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Classis/Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Subclassis/Parvclassis: Neornithes Infraclassis/Cohors: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Cladus: Telluraves Cladus: Australaves Ordo: Passeriformes Subordo: Tyranni Infraordo: Tyrannides Parvordo: Thamnophilida

Familia: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Sciaphylax
Species: Sciaphylax hemimelaena
Subspecies: S. h. hemimelaena – S. h. pallens

Name

Sciaphylax hemimelaena (P.L. Sclater, 1857)

• Type locality: Mapiri, La Paz, Bolivia.

Synonyms

• Myrmeciza hemimelaena (protonym)

References

Primary references

• Sclater, P.L. 1857. Characters of some apparently New Species of American Ant-Trushes. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Pt.25 no.329: 46-48. BHL Reference page.  Original description p. 48 BHL

Additional references

• Isler, M.L., Álvarez Alonso, J., Isler, P.R., Valqui, T., Begazo, A. & Whitney, B.M. 2002. Rediscovery of a cryptic species and description of a new subspecies in the Myrmeciza hemimelaena complex (Thamnophilidae) of the Neotropics. The Auk 119: 362–378 Full article view DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2002)119[0362:ROACSA]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 
• Fernandes, A.M., Wink, M. & Aleixo, A. 2012. Phylogeography of the Chestnut-tailed Antbird (Myrmeciza hemimelaena) clarifies the role of rivers in Amazonian biogeography. Journal of Biogeography 39: 1524–1535. Full article (PDF) DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02712.xReference page. 

Links

• IUCN: Sciaphylax hemimelaena  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

Cymraeg: Aderyn morgrug cynffonwinau
English: Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird
español: Hormiguero colicastaño sureño
Nederlands: Zuidelijke kastanjestaartmiervogel
português: Formigueiro-de-cauda-castanha
svenska: kastanjestjärtad myrfågel

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