Akletos

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Akletos
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Goeldi's antbird (Akletos goeldii)
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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]

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References

  1. "Thamnophilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. 1 2 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Antbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. 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" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3717 (4): 469–497. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3717.4.3. PMID   26176119.
  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.
  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.