Myiomela [SEP] parent taxon
Myiomela
Myiomela is a genus of bird in the family Muscicapidae. Some members have sometimes been included in the genus "Cinclidium" and the phylogeny has not been resolved completely.
The genus currently includes the following species:
- White-tailed robin ("Myiomela leucura")
- Sunda robin, ("Myiomela diana")
Species from southern India that were tentatively placed in this genus are now treated in the genus "Sholicola.
Taxon in disguise
In bacteriology, a taxon in disguise is a species, genus or higher unit of biological classification whose evolutionary history reveals has evolved from another unit of similar or lower rank, making the parent unit paraphyletic. This happens when rapid evolution makes a new species appear radically different from the ancestral group, so that it is not (initially) recognised as belonging to the parent phylogenetic group, leaving the latter an evolutionary grade.
While the term is from bacteriology, parallel examples are found throughout the tree of