The Key to Scientific Names

Edited by James A. Jobling
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BURHINUS

(Burhinidae; Bush Thick-knee B. grallarius) Gr. βου- bou-  great   < βους bous  ox; ῥις rhis, ῥινος  rhinos  nose; "GENUS 93. BURHINUS (βους h. l. grandis  ριν nasus) (Flachschnabel Germ.)  Rostrum mediocre? crassum, latum, depressum  ...  Alae volatiles. Pedes grallarii, cursorii, tridactyli.   Species: Charadrius magnirostris Lath. Suppl.   Annotat. Hanc avem, Novae Hollandiae indigenam, a reliquis hujus familiae generice distinguendam esse, omnis mecum sentiet; at descriptio ejus ita manca est, ut notas gravissimas taceat. Rostrum cum rostro Todi comparat celeb. Latham, ideo simile est rostro Cancromatis" (Illiger 1811); "Burhinus Illiger, Prodromus, 1811, p. 250.  Type, by monotypy, Charadrius magnirostris Latham." (Peters, 1934, II, p. 293); "BURHINUS Illiger, 1811  M— Charadrius magnirostris Latham, 1801; type by monotypy = Charadrius grallarius Latham, 1801" (Dickinson and Remsen (eds.), H. & M. Complete Checklist, 4th ed., 2013, 1 (Non-passerines), p. 198).
Var. Burrhinus.
Synon. Burhinops, Esacus, Fedoa, Odopus, Oedicnemus, Oedinecmus, Orthorhamphus, Planorhamphus.


HESPEROBURHINUS

(Burhinidae; † Double-striped Thick-knee H. bistriatus) Gr. ἑσπερος hesperos  western; genus Burhinus Illiger, 1811, thick-knee; “Recent phylogenetic findings indicate that the divergence of the Neotropical taxa Burhinus striatus (Wagler, 1829) and Burhinus superciliaris (Tschudi, 1843) from other thick-knees (Burhinidae) predates the split between the remaining species of Burhinus and the genus Esacus, rendering the genus Burhinus paraphyletic.  The great age of the former divergence and potential homonymy issues stemming from treating Esacus Lesson, 1831 as a junior subjective synonym of Burhinus Illiger, 1811 suggest that the emergent paraphyly is best prevented by introducing a new genus-group name for the two New World species of Burhinus.  ...  Hesperoburhinus gen. nov.  Etymology: From the Greek ἑσπερος (hésperos), “western”, in reference to the genus being the only representative of its family whose range is restricted to the Western Hemisphere; and the pre-existing name Burhinus  ...  Gender: masculine.  ...  Type species, by original designation: Charadrius bistriatus Wagler, 1829.   Referred species: “Oedicnenus” (= Oedicnemus) superciliaris Tschudi, 1843.” (Černý et al. 2023) (OD per Mike Earp); “Hesperoburhinus Černý, van Els, Natale and Gregory, 2023, Avian Systematics, 1 (3), p. 39.  Type, by original designation, Charadrius bistriatus Wagler, 1829.” (JAJ 2023).


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