ACROPTERNINA

Maurício, Giovanni Nachtigall, Areta, Juan Ignacio, Bornschein, Marcos Ricardo & Reis, Roberto E., 2012, Morphology-based phylogenetic analysis and classification of the family Rhinocryptidae (Aves: Passeriformes), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 166 (2), pp. 377-432 : 414

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00847.x
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scientific name	ACROPTERNINA
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SUBTRIBE ACROPTERNINA , NEW TAXON

Type genus: Acropternis Cabanis and Heine, 1859 .

Included genus: Acropternis .

Diagnosis.

Exclusive change:

Char. 2.3, Nasal process of the premaxilla developed into a high crest.

Non-exclusive changes:

Char. 3.0, Wide nasal process of the premaxilla (mesorrinum); convergent in Pteroptochos and Eugralla due to a reversal from state 1 to 0 in these genera and primitively present in Liosceles and most outgroup taxa.

Char. 85.1, Syringeal dorsoventral intrinsic muscle present; convergent in the clade Pteroptochos + Scelorchilus and the outgroup genus Melanopareia .

Genus Acropternis Cabanis and Heine, 1859 View in CoL ( type species: Merulaxis orthonyx Lafresnaye, 1843 ).

Included species: Acropternis orthonyx ( Lafresnaye, 1843) View in CoL .

Diagnosis.

As for subtribe Acropternina .