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Issue: Vol. 4691 No. 2: 30 Oct. 2019
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2019-10-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4691.2.10
Page range: 195–196
Abstract views: 68
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The generic nomenclature of the Trochilini: a correction

Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
Museum of Natural Science & Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA.
Aves new genus description generic diagnosis

Abstract

Because the generic name Elliotia proposed by us (Stiles et al. 2017a) was found to be preoccupied, we herein rename this genus, including a detailed diagnosis; the generic circumscription and type species remain unchanged. This change does not affect the generic reorganization of the Trochilini presented by Stiles et al. (2017a).

 

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