| Philodice | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Magenta-throated woodstar (P. bryantae) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Tribe: | Mellisugini |
| Genus: | Philodice Mulsant, Verreaux, J & Verreaux, É, 1866 |
| Type species | |
| Trochilus mitchellii (purple-throated woodstar) Bourcier, 1847 | |
| Species | |
Philodice is a genus of hummingbirds in the tribe Mellisugini and family Trochilidae.
The genus Philodice was introduced in 1866 by the French ornithologists Étienne Mulsant, Jules Verreaux and Édouard Verreaux to accommodate a single species, the purple-throated woodstar, which is therefore the type species. [1] [2] The genus name comes from Greek mythology, Pholodice was the wife of Leucippus and daughter of Inachus. [3]
The genus now contains two species that were formerly assigned to Calliphlox . They were placed in the resurrected genus Philodice based on a molecular phylogenetic study that was published in 2017. [4] [5]
The two species are: [5]
| Image | Name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Philodice bryantae | Magenta-throated woodstar | Costa Rica and Panama |
 | Philodice mitchellii | Purple-throated woodstar | Colombia and Ecuador, and a minor localized population in Panama |
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Martial Étienne Mulsant was a French entomologist and ornithologist.
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