The Key to Scientific Names

Edited by James A. Jobling
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Amimeta

(Oriolidaesyn. Oriolus Ϯ Olive-backed Oriole O. sagittatus) Gr. negative prefix α- a- ; genus Mimeta Vigors & Horsfield, 1827, oriole; "Amimeta, nom. nov. for Mimeta Vigors and Horsfield 1827, proposed for Mimetes King 1826; not Mimetes Eschscholtz, Mém. l'Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersb. 1818, or Huebner, Verz. bekannt Schmett., p. 210, 1822" (Mathews 1913); "Amimeta Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. ii. p. 62, Oct. 23rd, 1913: new name for Mimeta V. & H." (Mathews, 1930, Syst. Av. Austral., II, p. 858) (see Mimeta).


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