IRMNG - Dryocopus Boie, 1826

IRMNG taxon details

Dryocopus Boie, 1826

IRMNG_ID

1313978 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1313978)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Picidae Vigors, 1825

Synonymised names

Drioscopus Bonaparte, 1831 · unaccepted

Hylatomus Baird, 1858 · unaccepted (synonym)

Hylotomus Anonymous, 1858 · unaccepted (misspelling)

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Species Dryocopus galeatus (Temminck, 1822)
Species Dryocopus hodgei (Blyth, 1860)
Species Dryocopus javensis (Horsfield, 1821)
Species Dryocopus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Dryocopus martius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Dryocopus pileatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Dryocopus schulzi (Cabanis, 1883)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Isis (Oken), 19
page(s): 977 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Molecular evidence suggests that New World Dryocopus may support splitting as Hylatomus, however Winkler, 2015 retains...

Taxonomic remark Molecular evidence suggests that New World Dryocopus may support splitting as Hylatomus, however Winkler, 2015 retains these species as Dryocopus at this time. [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Dryocopus Boie, 1826. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1313978 on 2025-04-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (12)
Notes (1)

original description Isis (Oken), 19
page(s): 977 [details]

basis of record SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

additional source Winkler, H. (2015). Phylogeny, biogeography and systematics. Pp. 7-35 in Winkler, H., ed.: Developments in Woodpecker Biology. Denisia, volume 36. [details]

additional source Shakya, S. B.; Fuchs, J.; Pons, J.-M.; Sheldon, F. H. (2017). Tapping the woodpecker tree for evolutionary insight. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 116: 182-191., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.09.005
note: supports monophyly of Dryocopus, in contrast to findings of other recent authors [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source CoL 2006 [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993 [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Hylatomus Baird, 1858) Rep. Expl. Railroad Pacif. Ocean, 9, xxviii
page(s): 107 [details]

original description (of Drioscopus Bonaparte, 1831) Giorn. Arcad., 52
page(s): 203 [details]

original description (of Hylotomus Anonymous, 1858) Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (3) 2
page(s): 467 [details]

Unreviewed

Taxonomic remark Molecular evidence suggests that New World Dryocopus may support splitting as Hylatomus, however Winkler, 2015 retains these species as Dryocopus at this time. [details]