Bat-like Spinetail
Bat-like Spinetail
Here the details of the Bat-like Spinetail named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Chaetura Böhmi Orn.Centralbl. 7 p.183
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Apodidae / Neafrapus
Taxonomy Code: balspi1
Type Locality: Rakowa, i.e. Kakoma, Tanganyika Territory.
Author: Schalow
Publish Year: 1882
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
NEAFRAPUS
(Apodidae; Ϯ Cassin's Spine-tail Swift N. cassini) Gr. νεος neos new; L. Afra African; genus Apus Scopoli, 1777, swift; "The second, C. cassini, differs entirely in coloration, being black above with a smoky throat, white upper tail-coverts and abdomen white, the shafts of the feathers dark. Structurally, it has very long wings with a very short tail with stiff short spines. The tail is less than one-fifth the length of the wings. No close relationship between this and the preceding group is apparent, and I here introduce for it the new name NEAFRAPUS which may, as above, be considered of generic value. Type Neafrapus cassini (Sclater)." (Mathews 1918) (see Alterapus and Telacanthura).
Synon. Notafrapus.
boehmi / boehmii
● Prof. Leo Borisovich Boehme (1895-1954) Russian zoologist (syn. Anthus campestris).
● Dr Richard Johann Constantin Böhm (1854-1884) German zoologist, explorer, collector in tropical Africa (Bradornis, subsp. Dinemellia dinemelli, syn. Eurocephalus rueppelli, syn. Indicator indicator, subsp. Lanius excubitoroides, syn. Luscinia luscinia, Merops, syn. Musophaga rossae, Neafrapus, syn. Pternistis afer cranchii, Sarothrura, Sylvia, subsp. Trachyphonus darnaudii).
● Edward Marshall Boehm (1913-1969) US sculptor, famed for his porcelain figures of birds, aviculturalist (syn. Chlorophonia flavirostris).
SUBSPECIES
Bat-like Spinetail (boehmi)
SCI Name: Neafrapus boehmi boehmi
boehmi / boehmii
● Prof. Leo Borisovich Boehme (1895-1954) Russian zoologist (syn. Anthus campestris).
● Dr Richard Johann Constantin Böhm (1854-1884) German zoologist, explorer, collector in tropical Africa (Bradornis, subsp. Dinemellia dinemelli, syn. Eurocephalus rueppelli, syn. Indicator indicator, subsp. Lanius excubitoroides, syn. Luscinia luscinia, Merops, syn. Musophaga rossae, Neafrapus, syn. Pternistis afer cranchii, Sarothrura, Sylvia, subsp. Trachyphonus darnaudii).
● Edward Marshall Boehm (1913-1969) US sculptor, famed for his porcelain figures of birds, aviculturalist (syn. Chlorophonia flavirostris).
Bat-like Spinetail (sheppardi)
SCI Name: Neafrapus boehmi sheppardi
sheppardi
Percy Alexander Sheppard (1875-1958) British farmer, oologist, entomologist, collector, settler in Mozambique 1898-1916, and Rhodesia / Zimbabwe 1916-1958 (Björn Bergenholtz in litt.) (syn. Batis fratrum, syn. Cinnyris chalcomelas, subsp. Neafrapus boehmi).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)