Driophlox

Driophlox
Sooty ant tanager (Driophlox fuscicauda)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Cardinalidae
Genus:	Driophlox Scott, BF, Chesser, Unitt & Burns, KJ, 2024
Type species
Phoenicothraupis gutturalis Sooty ant tanager Sclater, PL, 1854

Driophlox is a genus of passerine birds in the family Cardinalidae. The four species placed in this genus were formerly placed with the red-crowned ant tanager in the genus Habia.

Taxonomy

The species now placed in this genus were formerly placed with the red-crowned ant tanager in the genus Habia. Molecular phylogenetic analysis found that the genus Habia was paraphyletic.[1][2] To resolve the paraphyly, four species were moved from Habia to a new genus Driophlox that was erected with Phoenicothraupis gutturalis Sclater, PL, 1854, (the sooty ant tanager) as the type species.[3][4] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek δριος/drios meaning "thicket" or "copse" with φλοξ/phlox, φλογος/phlogos meaning "flame".[5]

The genus contains four species:[4]

Genus Driophlox – Scott, BF, Chesser, Unitt & Burns, KJ, 2024 – four species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Red-throated ant tanager Male Female	Driophlox fuscicauda (Cabanis, 1861) Six subspecies D. f. salvini (Berlepsch, 1883) D. f. insularis (Salvin, 1888) D. f. discolor (Ridgway, 1901) D. f. fuscicauda (Cabanis, 1861) D. f. willisi (Parkes, 1969) D. f. erythrolaema (Sclater, PL, 1862)	eastern Mexico to northern Colombia	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Black-cheeked ant tanager	Driophlox atrimaxillaris (Dwight & Griscom, 1924)	Costa Rica	Size: Habitat: Diet:	NT
Sooty ant tanager Male	Driophlox gutturalis (Sclater, PL, 1854)	Colombia	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Crested ant tanager	Driophlox cristata (Lawrence, 1875)	Colombia	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

References

1. Barker, F.K.; Burns, K.J.; Klicka, J.; Lanyon, S.M.; Lovette, I.J. (2015). "New insights into New World biogeography: An integrated view from the phylogeny of blackbirds, cardinals, sparrows, tanagers, warblers, and allies". The Auk. 132 (2): 333–348. doi:10.1642/AUK-14-110.1.
2. Scott, B.F. (2022). Phylogenetics of Cardinalidae and the impact of habitat, climate, and ecology on the evolution of color (MSc thesis). San Diego State University.
3. Scott, B.F.; Chesser, R.T.; Unitt, P.; Burns, K.J. (2024). "Driophlox, a new genus of cardinalid (Aves: Passeriformes: Cardinalidae)". Zootaxa. 5406 (3): 497–500. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5406.3.11.
4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2024). "Cardinals, grosbeaks and 'tanager' allies". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
5. Jobling, James A. "Driophlox". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 24 October 2024.