{"title":"A new subfamily taxon for Sasia and Verreauxia (Picidae)","authors":"G. Sangster, J. Gaudin, J. Fuchs","doi":"10.25226/bboc.v142i4.2022.a6","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Summary. A review of eight molecular phylogenetic studies supports the distinctiveness of the genera Sasia/Verreauxia from Picumnus and casts doubt on the monophyly of Picumninae. We propose to restrict Picumninae to Picumnus and to place Sasia and Verreauxia in a new subfamily, Sasiinae.","PeriodicalId":38973,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the British Ornithologists'' Club","volume":"42 1","pages":"478 - 479"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Bulletin of the British Ornithologists'' Club","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.25226/bboc.v142i4.2022.a6","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Summary. A review of eight molecular phylogenetic studies supports the distinctiveness of the genera Sasia/Verreauxia from Picumnus and casts doubt on the monophyly of Picumninae. We propose to restrict Picumninae to Picumnus and to place Sasia and Verreauxia in a new subfamily, Sasiinae.