The Key to Scientific Names
- THERISTICUS
(Threskiornithidae; Ϯ Black-faced Ibis T. melanopis) Gr. θεριστικος theristikos of reaping < θεριστρον theristron sickle; "Genus. Theristicus Wagl., Curucou. Rostrum gracilius. Pedes breves, robusti; tarsus validus digiti intermedii longitudine, incluso huius ungue, antice scutellis hexagonis tectus, postice reticulatus; digiti validi, breviusculi, teretiusculi, ungues mediocres, validi,arcuati, ille digiti anterioris intermedii acie interna subinflata (integra); acrodactyla elevato-scutellata. ... Species: 1. Th. melanopis (Ibis melanop. Wagl. Syst. Av. sp. 17.)" (Wagler 1832); "Theristicus Wagler, Isis, 1832, col. 1231. Type, by monotypy, Tantalus melanopis Gmelin." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 135).
Var. Theristicns, Theristocus.
Synon. Harpiprion, Molybdophanes.
● (Threskiornithidae; quasi-syn. Theristicus † Buff-necked Ibis T. caudatus) “Genera et Species typicae. ... γ. *Theristicus Wagl. albicollis (Tant. — L.) Wagl. Ic. Av. t. 140. ic. 531—532.” (Reichenbach 1853); “Theristicus “Wagl.” Reichenbach, 1853, Avium Systema Naturale, p. XIV. Type, by original designation, Tantalus albicollis Linnaeus, i.e. Gmelin, 1789 = Scolopax caudatus Boddaert, 1783.” (JAJ 2022).
