The Key to Scientific Names
Edited by James A. Jobling
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- Stictapteryx
(Apterygidae; syn. Apteryx † Little Spotted Kiwi A. owenii) Gr. στικτος stiktos spotted, dappled < στιζω stizō to tattoo; genus Apteryx Shaw, 1813, kiwi; "Stictapteryx, gen. nov. Type Apteryx owenii Gould. Internal features of generic value have been cited, as well as the external ones, and also variations in ptilosis." (Iredale & Mathews 1926); "Stictapteryx Iredale and Mathews, 1926, Bull. Br. Orn. Cl. 46: 76 — type Apteryx owenii Gould (nomen nudum)." (Checklist Birds New Zealand, 3rd ed., 1990, p. 7).
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