The Key to Scientific Names
- Eyramytis
(Maluridae; syn. Amytornis † Eyrean Grasswren A. goyderi) Lake Eyre, Australia; genus Amytis Lesson, 1831, grasswren; "Genus DIAPHORILLAS. ... Note.—From the point of view of the genus-splitter this is a heterogeneous genus. The two species D. woodwardi (Hartert) and D. housei (Milligan) are altogether apart from the preceding species which agree with the type of the genus, D. textilis (Q. & G.), while D. goyderi (Gould) is also easily separable. Most authors will certainly wish to separate these last three species from the typical forms of the genus; for their use I provide the genera Magnamytis nov. with type A. woodwardi Hartert, and Eyramytis nov. with type A. goyderi (Gould). These are certainly more worthy of generic recognition than the majority of the lately introduced genera." (Mathews 1912); "Eyramytis Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 366, Jan. 31st, 1912. Type (by original designation): Amytis goyderi Gould." (Mathews, 1930, Syst. Av. Austral., II, p. 633).
