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MOHOIDAE - O-os and Kioea1 (2:5)
MOHO Lesson, 1830 M - Merops fasciculatus Latham, 1790; type by monotypy = Gracula nobilis Merrem, 1786  2
Moho braccatus   Cassin, 1855 Kauai O-o
vKauai (Hawaiian Is.)
Moho apicalis 3  Gould, 1861 Oahu O-oα
vOahu (Hawaiian Is.)
Moho bishopi   (Rothschild, 1893) Bishop's O-o
iMolokai, Maui (Hawaiian Is.)
Moho nobilis 4  (Merrem, 1786) Hawaii O-o
vHawaii (Hawaiian Is.)
CHAETOPTILA G.R. Gray, 1869 F - Entomiza angustipluma Peale, 1848; type by monotypy   
Chaetoptila angustipluma   (Peale, 1848) Kioea
iHawaii (Hawaiian Is.)
1 Rank and family-group name proposed by Fleischer et al. (2008) [Fleischer, 2008 #11715].
2 For removal from Meliphagidae; see Fleischer et al. (2008) [Fleischer, 2008 #11715].
3 For date correction see Duncan (1937) [Duncan, 1937 #1442].
4 May have formed a superspecies with M. apicalis and M. bishopi; see Sibley & Monroe (1990) [Sibley, 1990 #3636].
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