The Key to Scientific Names
- Tmetoceros
Gr. τμητος tmētos cut < τεμνω temnō to cut; κερας keras, κερως kerōs horn.
● (Bucorvidae; syn. Bucorvus † Northern Ground Hornbill B. abyssinicus) "4. Tmetoceros. (Bucorvus (!) Less. 1831. Tragopan (Moehr) Gray 1841). Typus: T. abyssinicus (Gm.). Wir setzen den Namen: Tmetoceros (τμητος, verschnitten, abgeschnitten; κερας, Horn) an die Stelle von Bucorvus (!) Less." (Cabanis 1847); "Tmetoceros Cabanis, 1847, Archiv für Naturgeschichte, XIII (1), p. 345. New name for Bucorvus Lesson, 1830, considered unacceptable by reason of its hybrid Greek and Latin construction." (JAJ 2021).
Var. Tmetoceras.
● (Bucerotidae; syn. Ceratogymna † Black-casqued Hornbill C. atrata) "1. BUCORVUS, Less. — 1. abyssinicus, Gm. ... 3. TMETOCEROS, Caban. —4. atratus, Temm. (ruficristatus, Temm. fœm.) —5. cristatus, Rupp. — 6. cylindricus, Temm. — 7. buccinator, Temm. — 8. fistulator, Cassin. — 9. cultratus, Sundev." (Bonaparte 1854); "Tmetoceros Bonaparte, 1854, Conspectus Volucrum Anisodactylorum, p. 3 (not of Cabanis, 1847). Type, by subsequent designation (G. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds Brit. Mus., p. 149 (Appendix)), Buceros atratus Temminck, 1835." (JAJ 2021) (see Sphagolobus).
