The Key to Scientific Names
Edited by James A. Jobling
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- Acanthropterus
(Charadriidae; syn. Vanellus † Yellow-wattled Lapwing V. malabaricus) Gr. ακανθα akantha spine, thorn < ακη akē point; πτερον pteron wing; "[Lot]25 [Genus]Acanthropterus [Species]bilobus. [Genus]Spurwing [Species]Two-lobed. [Specimens] {Stuffed. Presented by Mr. Brown" (Brookes 1828); "Acanthropterus BROOKES, Catal. Mus. Joshua Brookes, Pt. II, July, 1828, p. 100. Type, [by monotypy] "Acanthropterus bilobus." or "Two-lobed Spurwing.[= Charadrius malabaricus Boddaert]" (Richmond, 1908, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXXV, no. 1656, p. 585).
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