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Issue: Vol. 2534 No. 1: 13 Jul. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-07-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2534.1.5
Page range: 67–68
Abstract views: 37
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Priority of Geranoaetus Kaup, 1844 over Tachytriorchis Kaup, 1844 (Aves: Accipitridae) based on the first reviser principle

Departamento de Genética e Biologia Evolutiva, Universidade de São Paulo. Rua do Matão, 277, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, 05508–090, Brazil
Museum of Natural Science and Department of Biological Sciences, 119 Foster Hall, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803, USA
Museum of Natural History Vienna, Burgring 7, A–1010 Vienna, Austria
Museum of Natural History Vienna, Burgring 7, A–1010 Vienna, Austria
Museum of Natural History Vienna, Burgring 7, A–1010 Vienna, Austria
Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo. Rua do Matão, Travessa 14, n° 321, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, CEP 05508–090, Brazil
Departamento de Genética e Biologia Evolutiva, Universidade de São Paulo. Rua do Matão, 277, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, 05508–090, Brazil
Aves Accipitridae Geranoaetus Tachytriorchis

Abstract

The generic name Geranoaetus Kaup, 1844 (type species: Falco aguia Temminck = Spizaetus melanoleucus Vieillot) generally has been applied only to its type species, G. melanoleucus, although inclusion of fossil species in the genus has been suggested (Wetmore 1933; Amadon 1963). Although Geranoaetus is still recognized by some authors (e.g., Thiollay 1994; Remsen et al. 2010), others consider it a junior synonym of the genus Buteo Lacépedè, 1799, because of similarities to some species in that genus (e.g., Wetmore 1933; Hellmayr & Conover 1949; Clark 2006). Recent studies of the molecular phylogenetics of buteonine hawks (Riesing et al. 2003; Lerner et al. 2008; Amaral et al. 2006, 2009) unanimously agree on the lack of monophyly of three buteonine genera, namely Buteo, Leucopternis Kaup, 1847 and Buteogallus Lesson, 1830, as currently recognized (Remsen et al. 2010).

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