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Issue: Vol. 3106 No. 1: 22 Nov. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-11-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3106.1.5
Page range: 67–68
Abstract views: 40
PDF downloaded: 2

Circumscription, diagnosis and description of a subfamily of Australo-Papuan robins

Division of Evolution, Ecology and Genetics, Building 116, Daley Rd, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200 Australia
Australian National Wildlife Collection, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Division of Evolution, Ecology and Genetics, Building 116, Daley Rd, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200 Australia
Aves Australo-Papuan robins

Abstract

The family-group name Microecinae Loynes, Joseph and Keogh, 2009 was erected by Loynes et al. (2009) following their phylogenetic analysis of the Australo-Papuan robins (Aves: Passeriformes: Petroicidae). Loynes et al. (2009) assigned to Microecinae one genus Microeca Gould, 1840, which as conventionally construed (see Boles 2007) comprises six species (M. flavigaster, M. fascinans, M. griseoceps, M. hemixantha, M. flavovirescens, M. papuana) found in Australia, New Guinea and some surrounding islands (see Schodde and Mason 1999, Boles 2007 for details). Loynes et al. (2009) were able to include only the first three of those six species in their analysis. They did, however, transfer a further species from Eopsaltria to Microeca, which was thus recognized as M. flaviventris.

References

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    ICZN (International Code of Zoological Nomenclature) (1999) International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, Fourth Edition. International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, London. xxix, 306 pp.

    Loynes, K., Joseph, L. & Keogh, J.S. (2009) Multi-locus phylogeny clarifies the systematics of the Australo-Papuan robins (Family Petroicidae, Passeriformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 53, 212–219.

    Schodde, R., Mason, I.J. (1999) The directory of Australian birds. Passerines. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne. 851 pp.