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Lophodytes
Taxonomy
Lophodytes was named by Reichenbach (1853). It is extant. Its type is Mergus cucullatus.
It was assigned to Anseres by Shufeldt (1891); to Merginae by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956); to Mergini by Gonzalez et al. (2009); and to Anatidae by Hay (1902), Lunk (1952) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Anseres by Shufeldt (1891); to Merginae by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956); to Mergini by Gonzalez et al. (2009); and to Anatidae by Hay (1902), Lunk (1952) and Clements et al. (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1853 | Lophodytes Reichenbach |
| 1891 | Lophodytes Shufeldt p. 818 |
| 1902 | Lophodytes Hay p. 529 |
| 1930 | Lophodytes Hay p. 309 |
| 1940 | Lophodytes Wetmore p. 28 |
| 1952 | Lophodytes Lunk p. 317 |
| 1956 | Lophodytes Wetmore p. 34 |
| 2009 | Lophodytes Gonzalez et al. |
| 2017 | Lophodytes Clements et al. |
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G. Lophodytes Reichenbach 1853
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Lophodytes cucullatus Linnaeus 1758 [hooded merganser]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available