The Key to Scientific Names
Edited by James A. Jobling
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- Lampronessa
(Anatidae; syn. Aix † Wood Duck A. sponsa) Gr. λαμπρος lampros bright, radiant; νησσα nēssa duck; "Genus Lampronessa Wagl., Schmuckente. (Genus novum.) Species: Anas sponsa Linn. — Anas galericulata Linn. — Von der innern Organisation und der äußern dieser Enten zu einer andern Zeit." (Wagler 1832); "Lampronessa Wagler, Isis, col. 282, 1832—type, by subs. desig. (Salvadori, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., 27, p. 72, 1895), Aex sponsa Salvadori = Anas sponsa Linnaeus." (Hellmayr and Conover, 1948, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. I (2), p. 363).
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