The Key to Scientific Names

Edited by James A. Jobling
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Adelonetta

(Anatidae; syn. Spatula  Puna Teal S. puna) Gr. αδηλος adēlos  obscure  <  negative prefix α- a-; δηλος dēlos visible; νηττα nētta  duck; "Genus Adelonetta Heine [Punanetta (!) Bp. 1856]." (Heine 1890); "Adelonetta Heine, in Heine and Reichenow, 1890, Nomencl. Musei Heineani Ornith., p. 346.  New name for Punanetta Bonaparte, 1856, considered poorly formed." (JAJ 2020).


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