Lampornithini

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Lampornithini
Purple-throated Mountain-gem - La Paz - Costa Rica MG 1918 (26417362590).jpg
Purple-throated mountaingem (Lampornis calolaemus)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Subfamily: Trochilinae
Tribe: Lampornithini
Jardine, 1833
Genera

7, see text

Lampornithini is one of the three tribes that make up the subfamily Trochilinae in the hummingbird family Trochilidae. The other two tribes in the subfamily are Mellisugini (bees) and Trochilini (emeralds).

Contents

The informal name "mountain gems" has been proposed for this group. The largest genus Lampornis contains eight species with "mountaingem" in their common name. [1] The tribe contains 18 species divided into 7 genera. [2] [3]

Phylogeny

A molecular phylogenetic study of the hummingbirds published in 2007 found that the family was composed of nine major clades. [4] When Edward Dickinson and James Van Remsen Jr. updated the Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World for the 4th edition in 2013 they based their classification on these results and placed three of the nine clades in the subfamily Trochilinae. The clades were placed in separate tribes which were named Lampornithini (mountain gems), Mellisugini (bees), and Trochilini (emeralds). [5] The tribe Lampornithini with the current circumscription was introduced in 2009. [6] A subfamily based on the genus Lampornis was introduced by William Jardine in 1833. [7] The name Lampornithinae was used by Charles Bonaparte in 1842. [8]

Molecular phylogenetic studies by Jimmy McGuire and collaborators published between 2007 and 2014 determined the relationships between the major groups of hummingbirds. [2] [4] [6] In the cladogram below the English names are those introduced in 1997. [9] The Latin names are those proposed by Dickinson and Remsen in 2013. [10]

Trochilidae

Florisuginae – topazes

Phaethornithinae – hermits

Polytminae – mangoes

Lesbiinae

Heliantheini – brilliants

Lesbiini – coquettes

Patagoninaegiant hummingbird

Trochilinae

Lampornithini – mountain gems

Mellisugini – bees

Trochilini – emeralds

The cladogram below shows the relationships between the genera in the tribe Lampornithini. It is based on the molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014. The genera Sternoclyta and Hylonympha were not sampled. [2]

Lampornithini

Lampornis

Lamprolaima

Eugenes

Panterpe

Heliomaster

Taxonomic list

The tribe contains 7 genera. [3]

ImageGenusLiving species
MonographTrochi2Goul 0078.jpg Sternoclyta
Hylonympha macrocerca.jpg Hylonympha
Eugenes-fulgens-001.jpg Eugenes
Fiery throated Hummingbird JCB3.jpg Panterpe
Heliomaster longirostrus (Picudo coronado) (16210613889).jpg Heliomaster
Purple-throated Mountain-gem - La Paz - Costa Rica MG 1918 (26417362590).jpg Lampornis
Garnet-throated Hummingbird - Mexico S4E7405.jpg Lamprolaima

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 McGuire, J.; Witt, C.; Remsen, J.V.; Corl, A.; Rabosky, D.; Altshuler, D.; Dudley, R. (2014). "Molecular phylogenetics and the diversification of hummingbirds". Current Biology. 24 (8): 910–916. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.016 .
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