| Artomyias | |
|---|---|
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| Ussher's flycatcher (Artomyias ussheri) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Artomyias Verreaux, J & Verreaux, É, 1855 |
| Type species | |
| Artomyias fulinosa Verreaux, J & Verreaux, É, 1855 | |
Artomyias is a genus of small passerine birds in the large family Muscicapidae commonly known as the Old World flycatchers. They are restricted to sub-Saharan Africa.
The genus Artomyias was introduced in 1855 by the French naturalists Jules and Édouard Verreaux to accommodate a single species, Artomyias fulinosa Verreaux, J & Verreaux, É, 1855, the sooty flycatcher. This is therefore the type species. [1] [2] The genus name combines the genus Artamus that was introduced by Louis Vieillot in 1816 for the woodswallows with the Modern Latin myias meaning "flycatcher". [3] The two species now placed in this genus were formerly placed in the genus Bradornis . They were moved to this genus based on the genetic distances and the differences in their morphology and behaviour. [4] [5]
The genus contains two species: [5]
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