The Key to Scientific Names
Edited by James A. Jobling
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- Sphenoproctus
(Trochilidae; syn. Platystylopterus † Wedge-tailed Sabrewing P. curvipennis pampa) Gr. σφην sphēn, σφηνος sphēnos wedge; πρωκτος prōktos rear; "Gen. SPHENOPROCTUS **) Nob. — Pampa (!) Rchb. 1854. 17. 1. S. pampa Nob. Ornismya pampa Less. Suppl. Ois. Mouch. p. 127. t. 15. — Id. R. Z. 1839. p. 18. — Trochilus curvipennis Licht. Preis-verz. mexican. Thier. ges. v. Deppe & Schiede (Sept. 1830.) no. 32. ... Pampa campyloptera Rchb. Aufz. Colibr. p. 11. ... **) Von σφην (Keil) und πρωκτος (Steiss)." (Cabanis & Heine 1860); "Sphenoproctus Cabanis and Heine, 1860, Museum Heineanum, III, p. 11. New name for Pampa Reichenbach, 1854, considered barbarous and meaningless." (JAJ 2021).
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