The Key to Scientific Names
Edited by James A. Jobling
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- Neomyias
(Rhipiduridae; syn. Rhipidura † White-bellied Fantail R. euryura) Gr. νεος neos new; Mod. L. myias flycatcher < Gr. μυια muia, μυιας muias fly; πιαζω piazō to seize; "p'". Tarsus shortened, not so long as the culmen. l4. With no wattle round the eye; feathers of head ordinary. . . . .46. NEOMYIAS, p. 342. ... 46. NEOMYIAS. Rhipidura (pt.), auct. recent. ... Range. Confined to Java and Borneo. 1. Neomyias euryura." (Sharpe 1879); "Neomyias Sharpe, 1879, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 4, p. [117 (in key),] 342. Type, by monotypy, Rhipidura euryura S. Müller." (Watson in Peters, 1986, XI, p. 530). Some authors consider that this genus, now comprising six species, should be reinstated.
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