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  1. andrew147

    Trochilidae

    hmmm... just noticed where Calothorax is positioned. Surely this is implausible?! Certainly contradicts other studies...
  2. andrew147

    Trochilidae

    Wow, most unexpected!
  3. andrew147

    Trochilidae

    Thanks Jimmy - very interesting. Their placement of Loddigesia makes a lot more sense than previous studies (MacGuire et al. 2014) showing it embedded in Eriocnemis. Also interesting to see Chlorestes back amongst Chlorostilbon and far from Juliamyia ("Damophila").
  4. andrew147

    Trochilidae

    Please no! The whole woodstar/bee group is already very much oversplit at the genus level. The primary divergence of Nesophlox, Mellisuga, Archilochus + helenae is less than 3 million years. Lump them all as Mellisuga! I'd happily shove Calypte and Selasphorus in there too.
  5. andrew147

    Trochilidae

    So, what is the type species of Ramosomyia?
  6. andrew147

    Trochilidae

    Fair point Cajanuma but there are other anomalies. For example, Campylopterus rufus appears in two disparate places. In the first position, it is sister to C. excellens and both are placed outside Campylopterus. In the second position, it is sister to C. hemileucurus and embedded within...
  7. andrew147

    Trochilidae

    I'm struggling with this one. The sister sp to Eriocnemis glaucopoides, is the outrageously different Loddigesia mirabilis and the very similar Eriocnemis mirabilis is not included. Has human error definitely been ruled out?
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