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Taxonomy
Hirundo melba was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
It was recombined as Apus melba by Weesie (1988), Mlikovsky (2002) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was recombined as Apus melba by Weesie (1988), Mlikovsky (2002) and Clements et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Hirundo melba Linnaeus p. 192 |
| 1988 | Apus melba Weesie p. 34 figs. Pl 6, figs 24,25,27 |
| 2002 | Apus melba Mlikovsky p. 207 |
| 2017 | Apus melba Clements et al. |
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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.
Apus melba Linnaeus 1758 [alpine 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 Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Siracusa) | Apus melba (175900) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Crete) | Apus melba (92902 192951 192957) |