The Key to Scientific Names
- TYRANNEUTES
(Pipridae; Ϯ Tiny Tyrant Manakin T. virescens) Gr. τυραννευω turanneuō to be a tyrant < τυραννος turannos tyrant; "TYRANNEUTES, gen. nov. Tyranneutes gen. nov. ex fam. Tyrannidarum, generi Tyrannulo affine, sed rostro crasso, ad basin dilatato et cauda brevi rotundata diversum. Vibrissæ rictales nullæ. Pedes parvi debiles. Alæ longiusculæ, remige tertio longissimo, secundo et quarto vix brevioribus. 3. TYRANNEUTES BRACHYURUS, sp. nov. ... Mr. Whitely has sent several skins of this little Tyrant in his collections from Bartica Grove (Sept. 1879 and February 1880). It is quite unknown to us, and we are constrained to refer it to a new generic section" (P. Sclater & Salvin 1881); "Tyranneutes P. Sclater and Salvin, 1881, Ibis, p. 268. Type, by monotypy, Tyranneutes brachyurus P. Sclater and Salvin, 1881 = Pipra virescens von Pelzeln, 1868." (JAJ 2022).