Myrmotherula

Myrmotherula brachyura

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Thamnophilida

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Orionides Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Neocoelurosauria Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Avialae Subclassis: Aves Infraclassis: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Cladus: Passerea Cladus: Telluraves Cladus: Australaves Cladus: Eufalconimorphae Cladus: Psittacopasseres Ordo: Passeriformes Subordo: Tyranni Infraordo: Tyrannides Parvordo: Thamnophilida

Familia: Thamnophilidae
Subfamilia: Thamnophilinae
Tribus: Formicivorini
Genus: Myrmotherula
Species: M. ambigua – M. assimilis – M. axillaris – M. behni – M. brachyura – M. cherriei – M. fluminensis – M. grisea – M. ignota – M. iheringi – M. klagesi – M. longicauda – M. longipennis – M. luctuosa – M. menetriesii – M. minor – M. multostriata – M. pacifica – M. schisticolor – M. sclateri – M. snowi – M. sunensis – M. surinamensis – M. unicolor – M. urosticta

Name

Myrmotherula P.L. Sclater, 1858

• Typus: Muscic [apae] brachyurae Hermann, 1783 = Myrmotherula brachyura

Synonyms

• Myrmophila Cabanis & Heine Jr., 1859 Mus.Hein. p. 12
• Myrmotherium Cabanis & Heine Jr., 1859 Mus.Hein. p. 12 footnote
• Myrmopagis Ridgway, 1909 Proc.Biol.Soc.Wash. p. 69
• Poliolaema Chubb, 1918 Ann.Mag.nat.Hist. p. 124
• Myrmetherula [variation]
• Myrmotheula [variation]
• Mormotherula [variation]

References

Primary references

• Sclater, P.L. 1858. Synopsis of the American Ant-Birds (Formicariidae) Part II. Containing the Formicivorinae or Ant-Wrens. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Pt. 26 no. 362: 232–254. BHL Reference page.  Original description p. 234 BHL

Additional references

• Isler, M.L., Isler, P.R. & Whitney, B.M. 1999. Species limits in antbirds (Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae): the Myrmotherula surinamensis complex. The Auk 116(1):83-96. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Isler, M.L. & Isler, P.R. 2003. Species limits in the pygmy antwren complex (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae); 1. The taxonomic status of Myrmotherula brachyura ignota. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 116(l):23-28. Full article (PDF)Reference page. 
• Isler, M. L., D. R. Lacerda, P. R. Isler, S. J. Hackett, K. V. Rosenberg, and R. T. Brumfield. 2006. Epinecrophylla, a new genus of antwrens (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 119(4):522-527. DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X(2006)119[522:EANGOA]2.0.CO;2 Full article viewReference page. 
• Belmonte-Lopes, R., Bravo, G.A., Bornschein, M.R., Maurício, G.N., Pie, M.R. & Brumfield, R.T. 2012. Genetic and morphological data support placement of Myrmotherula gularis (Spix) in the monotypic genus Rhopias Cabanis and Heine (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae). Zootaxa 3451: 1–16. Preview Full article (PDF)Reference page. 
• Bravo, G.A., Chesser, R.T. & Brumfield, R.T. 2012. Isleria, a new genus of antwren (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae). Zootaxa 3195: 61–67. Full article (PDF)Reference page. 
• Miranda, L.d.S., Aleixo, A., Whitney, B.M., Silveira, L.F., Guilherme, E., Santos, M.P.D. & Schneider, M.P.C. 2013. Molecular systematics and taxonomic revision of the Ihering's Antwren complex (Myrmotherula iheringi: Thamnophilidae), with description of a new species from southwestern Amazonia. In del Hoyo, J., Elliot, A., Sargatal, J., & Christie, A. (Eds), Handbook of the Birds of the World. Special Volume: New Species and Global Index. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain, pp. 268–271. Full article (PDF) available for download Reference page. 
• Bravo, G.A., Remsen, Jr., J.V. & Brumfield, R.T.. 2014. Adaptive processes drive ecomorphological convergent evolution in antwrens (Thamnophilidae). Evolution. International Journal of Organic Evolution 68: 2757–2774. Full article (PDF) DOI: 10.1111/evo.12506Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Antwrens
• español: Hormigueritos
• português: Choquinhas

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