Subfamily Apodinae Hartert 1897 (swift)
Aves - Caprimulgiformes - Apodidae
Parent taxon: Apodidae according to J. Watanabe et al. 2018
See also del Hoyo et al. 2014 and Livezey and Zusi 2007
Sister taxa: Aerodramus, Chaetura, Collocalia, Cypselinae, Cypseloides, Cypseloidinae, Procypseloides, Streptoprocne
Subtaxa: Apus
Ecology: volant insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (1 collection), Greece (6), Hungary (1), Italy (2), Japan (1), Madagascar (2), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), Yemen (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Hungary (1)
Total: 18 collections including 21 occurrences