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Apus apus (common swift)
Taxonomy
Hirundo apus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
It was recombined as Apus apus by Weesie (1988), Burchak-Abramovich and Burchak (1998), Mlikovsky (2002), Clements et al. (2017).
It was recombined as Apus apus by Weesie (1988), Burchak-Abramovich and Burchak (1998), Mlikovsky (2002), Clements et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Hirundo apus Linnaeus p. 192 |
| 1988 | Apus apus Weesie p. 34 figs. Pl 6, figs 23,26,28 |
| 1998 | Apus apus Burchak-Abramovich and Burchak p. 58 |
| 2002 | Apus apus Mlikovsky p. 207 |
| 2017 | Apus apus Clements et al. |
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Apus apus Linnaeus 1758 [common swift]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Marsh 1875, Naka 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Pleistocene | Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) | Apus apus (35472) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Peloponnesus) | Apus apus (184245) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Crete) | Apus apus (92902 192949 192959) | |
| Holocene | Russian Federation | Apus apus (194808) | |
| Holocene | France (Corse) | Apus apus (215378) |