The Key to Scientific Names
Edited by James A. Jobling
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- Acanthopteryx
(Charadriidae; syn. Vanellus † Spur-winged Plover V. spinosus) Gr. ακανθα akantha spine, thorn < ακη akē point; πτερυξ pterux, πτερυγος pterugos wing; "HOPLOPTERUS, Bonap. (1831). Philomachus, (Mœhr.) G. R. Gray (1840). Acanthopteryx, Leach, MSS. Parra, Gm. Charadrius, L. Pluvialis, Briss. H. spinosus, (L.) Bonap. Briss. Orn., v. t. 7. f. 2" (G. Gray 1841); "Acanthopteryx G. Gray ex Leach MS, 1841, List Gen. Birds, ed. 2, p. 84. Type, by original designation, Charadrius spinosus Linnaeus, 1758." (JAJ 2020).
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