The Key to Scientific Names
- Sarciophorus
Gr. σαρκιον sarkion piece of flesh < dim. σαρξ sarx, σαρκος sarkos flesh; -φορος -phoros -carrying < φερω pherō to carry.
● (Charadriidae; syn. Vanellus † Black-headed Lapwing V. tectus) "CHARADRINÆ. ... SARCIOPHORUS, Strickl. (1841). Charadrius, Gm. S. pileatus (Gm.) Strickl. Pl. enl. 834." (G. Gray 1841 (Aug.)); "Genus SARCIOPHORUS*, n. g. < Charadrius, Gm. Diff. Char. — Three-toed, lores wattled. Rostrum ut in Charadriis. Membrana loris affixa, nuda, erecta, in anticum protensa. Alæ elongatæ, caudam vix superantes, remigibus tribus primariis subæqualibus. Spina pollicaris brevis, obtusa. Cauda modicæ longitudinis, rectricibus æqualibus. Pedes elongati, graciles, tridactyli, acrotarsiis scutellatis. Habitant in Africa, Asia, Australia. Species: 1. S. pileatus (Gm.), Pl. Enl. 834. 2. S. tricolor (Vieill.), (Charadrius pectoralis, Wagl.) 3. S. bilobus (Gm.), Pl. Enl. 880. ... *Σαρκιον, a caruncle; φερω, to bear." (Strickland 1841 (Oct.)); "Sarciophorus "Strickland" G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., ed. 2, 1841, p. 84. Type, by original designation, Charadrius pileatus Gmelin = Charadrius tectus Boddaert." (Peters, 1934, II, p. 243).
Var. Sarkiophorus.
● (Charadriidae; quasi-syn. Vanellus † Banded Lapwing V. tricolor) "Genera et Species typicae. ... b. *Sarciophorus Strickl. pectoralis Gould. Tab. XVII. Caput, culmen, ala, cauda, pes. — Ic. Av. t. 179. ic. 1052—53." (Reichenbach 1853); "Sarciophorus Reichenbach, Nat. Syst. Vögel, p. xviii, 1852 (1853). Type (by monotypy): C. pectoralis Wagler = C. tricolor Vieillot. Not of Strickland, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 32, 1841, Oct." (Mathews, 1927, Syst. Av. Austral., I, p. 156).
