Etymology: Villiersia guanivora is so named because its gut contents suggested the worms fed on ... for taxon Villiersia guanivora Omodeo, 1987

Note "Etymology: Villiersia guanivora is so named because its gut contents suggested the worms fed on bat guano. Assuming guanivora can be treated as an adjective it is not clear why Omodeo used a feminine ending (-vorus is a very common suffix for names specifying the diet of a new species), given that Villiers was a male." for taxon Villiersia guanivora Omodeo, 1987 has been added by Geoffrey Read via the webinterface on 2024-07-12T03:20:10+00:00