Guyramemua, gen. nov. (1 Viewer)

[Björn Bergenholtz]

From today's Bird Taxonomy and Nomenclature Forum:

Lopes L.E., Chaves A.V., Mendes de Aquino M., Silveira L.F. & dos Santos F.R.. 2017. The striking polyphyly of Suiriri: Convergent evolution and social mimicry in two cryptic Neotropical birds. J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res. pp.1-10. (here)

4.2 | Guyramemua, gen. nov.
Type species: Suiriri affinis (Burmeister, 1856)
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4.2.2 | Etymology
The generic name is derived from Tupi, an indigenous South American language: from gûyra (bird) and memûã (cheater, trickster) (Barbosa, 1970; Navarro, 2006). We specify that the name is gender neutral attending to Article 30.2.2 of the ICZN (1999), because Tupi was a genderless language (Barbosa, 1956). We choose this name for the genus because its only species "tricked" ornithologists three times before we could clarify its specific name, taxonomy, and systematic position. The first trick ...

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[l_raty]

Tricky Latin grammar as well ?

Guyramemua affinis comb. nov.

If Guyramemua is neuter, this ought to be affine.

 

[James Jobling]

Laurent, you just beat me to it!!