Publication Date:
2024-04-10
Description:
Phylogenomic analysis provides strong evidence for reciprocal monophyly of
African, New World and Asian trogons. The family-group name Trogonini is available for the
New World trogons, whereas the clades of African and Asian trogons have been named
‘Apaloderminae’ Sibley and Ahlquist, 1985, and ‘Harpactini’ Sibley, Ahlquist and Monroe, 1986,
respectively. However, we demonstrate that the latter two names did not meet the requirements
of the ICZN Code (1999) and are therefore unavailable. We review past usage of family-group
names of the trogons and show that no name is available for the clade of African trogons. To
remedy this, we describe this taxon and make a family-group name available. We show that the
correct authorship of the family-group name of the Asian trogons is Harpactini S.F. Baird (1851).
Keywords:
nomenclatural availability
;
phylogeny
;
Trogoniformes
;
Harpactidae
;
Harpacticidae
;
Harpacteinae
Repository Name:
National Museum of Natural History, Netherlands
Type:
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Format:
application/pdf
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