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Mycteria
Taxonomy
Mycteria was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. Its type is Mycteria americana. It is the type genus of Mycterinae.
It was assigned to Mycteriinae by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956); and to Ciconiidae by Howard (1972), Olson (1991), Louchart et al. (2008), Clements et al. (2017), May (2019).
It was assigned to Mycteriinae by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956); and to Ciconiidae by Howard (1972), Olson (1991), Louchart et al. (2008), Clements et al. (2017), May (2019).
Species
M. americana (type species), M. cinerea, M. ibis, M. leucocephala, M. milleri, M. wetmorei, Tantalus breselensis
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Mycteria Linnaeus |
| 1758 | Tantalus Linnaeus p. 140 |
| 1930 | Mycteria Hay p. 297 |
| 1933 | Tantalus Lambrecht p. 324 |
| 1940 | Mycteria Wetmore p. 18 |
| 1956 | Mycteria Wetmore p. 22 |
| 1966 | Dissourodes Short |
| 1967 | Dissourodes Brodkorb p. 109 |
| 1972 | Mycteria Howard p. 8 |
| 1991 | Mycteria Olson |
| 2008 | Mycteria Louchart et al. p. 156 |
| 2017 | Mycteria Clements et al. |
| 2019 | Mycteria May |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Mycteria Linnaeus 1758
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Mycteria americana Linnaeus 1758 [wood stork]
Mycteria cinerea Raffles 1822 [Milky stork]
Mycteria ibis Linnaeus 1766 [yellow-billed stork]
Mycteria leucocephala Pennant 1769 [Painted stork]
†Mycteria milleri Short 1966
†Mycteria wetmorei Howard 1935
Invalid names: Dissourodes Short 1966 [synonym], Tantalus Linnaeus 1758 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available