Akletos
Genus of birds
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Akletos is a genus of passerine birds in the family Thamnophilidae.
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| Akletos | |
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| Goeldi's antbird (Akletos goeldii) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Akletos Dunajewski, 1948 |
| Type species | |
| Akletos peruvianus[1] Dunajewski, 1948 | |
The genus contains two species:[2]
- White-shouldered antbird (Akletos melanoceps)
- Goeldi's antbird (Akletos goeldii)
The two species were formerly placed in the genus Myrmeciza. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2013 found that Myrmeciza, as then defined, was polyphyletic.[3] In the resulting rearrangement to create monophyletic genera these species were moved to the resurrected genus Akletos which had been introduced by the Polish ornithologist Andrzej Dunajewski in 1948.[2][4][5]
