title: The type species of the genus Geotrygon Gosse, 1847 (Aves: Columbidae).
abstract: The generic name Geotrygon was introduced by Gosse (1847: 316) for some doves from the island of Jamaica and has been subsequently used for the so-called quail-doves of Middle and South America (Baptista et al. 1997; Gibbs et al. 2001; Dickinson 2003; Dickinson & Remsen 2013). Johnson & Weckstein (2011) and Banks et al. (2013) indicated that this genus is polyphyletic. The application of a generic name is determined by its type species (Art. 42.3 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature; ICZN 1999; hereafter the Code). A literature search showed that different nominal species have been proposed as the type species of Geotrygon, and the situation thus requires clarification.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, National Museum, Václavské náměstí 68, CZ-115 79 Praha 1, Czech Republic.; Email: jiri_mlikovsky@nm.cz.
authors.forename: Jiří
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mlíkovský
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D010856:Columbidae / Q000145:classification*; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D007563:Jamaica; D013020:South America; D015046:Zoology / Q000266:history