Certhiasomus, a new genus of woodcreeper (aves: passeriformes: dendrocolaptidae)

Elizabeth Derryberry, Louisiana State University
Santiago Claramunt, Louisiana State University
R. Terry Chesser, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Alexandre Aleixo, Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi
Joel Cracraft, American Museum of Natural History
Robert G. Moyle, Biodiversity Institute
Robb T. Brumfield, Louisiana State University

Abstract

Phylogenetic analysis of the family Dendrocolaptidae (Aves: Passeriformes) indicates that the two species traditionally placed in the genus Deconychura are not sister taxa. Certhiasomus, a new genus of woodcreeper, is described for one of these species, C. stictolaemus. Copyright © 2010 Magnolia Press.