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Taxonomy
Apus was named by Scopoli (1777). It is extant.
It was assigned to Apodi by Harrison (1984); to Apodidae by Carroll (1988), Mlikovsky (2002), Burney et al. (2008) and Clements et al. (2017); and to Apodinae by Watanabe et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Apodi by Harrison (1984); to Apodidae by Carroll (1988), Mlikovsky (2002), Burney et al. (2008) and Clements et al. (2017); and to Apodinae by Watanabe et al. (2018).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1777 | Apus Scopoli |
| 1811 | Cypselus Illiger |
| 1933 | Cypselus Lambrecht p. 622 |
| 1984 | Apus Harrison |
| 1988 | Apus Carroll |
| 2002 | Apus Mlikovsky p. 206 |
| 2008 | Apus Burney et al. p. 18 |
| 2017 | Apus Clements et al. |
| 2018 | Apus Watanabe et al. p. 476 |
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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. Apus Scopoli 1777
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Apus apus Linnaeus 1758 [common swift]
Apus balstoni Bartlett 1880 [Madagascar swift]
Apus melba Linnaeus 1758 [alpine swift]
Apus pallidus Shelley 1870 [pallid swift]
†Apus wetmorei Ballmann 1976
Invalid names: Cypselus Illiger 1811 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.129 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.129 Ma
Collections (18 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Hungary (Barany) | A. baranensis (35359) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Siracusa) | A. sp., A. melba (175900) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) | A. apus (35472) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Crete) | A. apus (192949 192959) A. apus, A. melba (92902) A. melba (192951 192957) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy | A. sp. (197769) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain | A. sp. (194940) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan (Aomori) | A. sp. (101898) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Peloponnesus) | A. apus, A. pallidus (184245) | |
| Holocene | Russian Federation | A. apus (194808) | |
| Holocene | France (Corse) | A. apus (215378) | |
| Holocene | Madagascar | A. balstoni (236022) | |
| Holocene | Yemen | A. sp. (169046 234349) | |
| Holocene | Madagascar (Toliara) | A. sp. (92733) |