The Key to Scientific Names
- Prymnacantha
(Trochilidae; syn. Discosura † Wire-crested Thorntail D. popelairii) Gr. πρυμνα prumna hindmost, endmost; ακανθα akantha thorn < ακη akē point; "Gen. PRYMNACANTHA *) Nob. — Gouldia (!) Bp. 1849. Popelairia (!) Rchb. 1854. Gouldomyia (!) Bp. 1854. 142. 1. P. Popelairei Nob. Trochilus Popelairei Dubus Esqu. Orn. t. 6. ... Popelairia tricholopha Rchb. Aufz. Colibr. p. 12. ... 143. 2. P. Conversi Nob. Trochilus Conversi Bourc. & Muls. Ann. Soc. Sci. Phys. & Nat. Lyon. 1840. p. 313. ... 144. 3. P. Langsdorffi Nob. Trochilus Langsdorffii Vieill. Enc. p. 574. 92. ... Colibri hirundinaceus Spix Av. Bras. I. p. 80. 2. t. 81. 2. ... *) Von πρυμνα (Hintertheil, Schwanz) und ακανθα (Dorn). — Die vierte bis jetzt bekannte Art dieser niedlichen "Dornenschwänzchen" ist: P. Laetitiae. — Trochilus Laetitiae Bourc. & Muls. Ann. Soc. Sci. Phys. & Nat. Lyon. 1852. p. 143." (Cabanis & Heine 1860); "Prymnacantha Cabanis and Heine, 1860, Museum Heineanum, III, p. 64. New name for Gouldia Bonaparte, 1849, considered barbarous because of its eponymous construction, for Popelairia Reichenbach, 1854, because of its tautonymous construction, and for Gouldomyia Bonaparte, 1854, because of its hybrid construction." (JAJ 2020).