Jim LeNomenclatoriste
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The type species of Dasycrotapha, speciosa, is lacking on this study. A previous study shows that D. plateni and pygmaea were close to Sterrhoptilus rather than Dasycrotapha speciosa (but I don't know the support).Carl H. Oliveros, Michael J. Andersen, Robert G. Moyle. A phylogeny of white-eyes based on ultraconserved elements. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution,
In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 29 July 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107273
Abstract:
White-eyes are an iconic radiation of passerine birds that have been the subject of studies in evolutionary biology, biogeography, and speciation theory. Zosterops white-eyes in particular are thought to have radiated rapidly across continental and insular regions of the Afro- and Indo-Pacific tropics, yet, their phylogenetic history remains equivocal. Here, we sampled 77% of the genera and 47% of known white-eye species and sequenced thousands of ultraconserved elements to infer the phylogeny of the avian family Zosteropidae. We used concatenated maximum likelihood and species tree methods and found strong support for seven clades of white-eyes and three clades within the species-rich Zosterops radiation.
Anyway, these three species are morphologically very different; I do not understand that they can be placed in the same genus. plateni and pygmaea deserve their own genus, which could be called Stictocerthia