Artomyias

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Sauropsida
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Cladus: Diapsida
Cladus: Neodiapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Archelosauria
Cladus: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crocopoda
Cladus: Archosauriformes
Cladus: Eucrocopoda
Cladus: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Cladus: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Cladus: Saurischia
Cladus: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Subclassis: Aves
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Cladus: Neornithes
Infraclassis: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Cladus: Telluraves
Cladus: Australaves
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Infraordo: Passerides
Parvordo: Muscicapida
Superfamilia: Muscicapoidea

Familia: Muscicapidae
Subfamilia: Muscicapinae
Genus: Artomyias
Species: A. fuliginosa – A. ussheri
Name

Artomyias J. Verreaux & E. Verreaux, 1855

Typus: Artomyias fuliginosa J. Verreaux & E. Verreaux, 1855, by monotypy and original designation.

References
Primary references

Verreaux, J. & Verreaux, E. 1855. Oiseaux nouveaux du Gabon. Journal für Ornithologie 3 no.14: 101–106. BHL Reference page. p. 103

Additional references

Voelker, G., Huntley, J.W., Peñalba, J.V. & Bowie, R.C.K. 2016. Resolving taxonomic uncertainty and historical biogeographic patterns in Muscicapa flycatchers and their allies. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 94 (B): 618-625. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.09.026 Paywall Reference page.

Artomyias is a genus of small passerine birds in the large family Muscicapidae commonly known as the Old World flycatchers. They are restricted to sub-Saharan Africa.
Taxonomy

The genus Artomyias was introduced in 1855 by the French naturalists Jules and Édouard Verreaux to accommodate a single species, Artomyias fulinosa Verreaux, J & Verreaux, É, 1855, the sooty flycatcher. This is therefore the type species.[1][2] The genus name combines the genus Artamus that was introduced by Louis Vieillot in 1816 for the woodswallows with the Modern Latin myias meaning "flycatcher".[3] The two species now placed in this genus were formerly placed in the genus Bradornis. They were moved to this genus based on the genetic distances and the differences in their morphology and behaviour.[4][5]

The genus contains two species:[5]

Ussher's flycatcher (Artomyias ussheri) – Upper Guinean forests
Sooty flycatcher (Artomyias fuliginosus) – central Africa

References

Verreaux, J.; Verreaux, E. (1855). "Oiseaux nouveaux du Gabon". Journal für Ornithologie (in French). 3 (14): 101-106 [103-104].
Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 313.
Jobling, James A. "Artomyias". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
Voelker, G.; Huntley, J.W.; Peñalba, J.V.; Bowie, R.C.K. (2016). "Resolving taxonomic uncertainty and historical biogeographic patterns in Muscicapa flycatchers and their allies". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 94 (Pt B): 618–625. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.09.026.
Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 28 March 2025.