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Tympanuchus
Taxonomy
Tympanuchus was named by Gloger (1841). It is extant. Its type is Tetrao cupido.
It was assigned to Gallinae by Shufeldt (1891); to Tetraonidae by Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933), Schultz and Howard (1935), Wetmore (1940), Miller (1944), Wetmore (1956) and Parmalee and Klippel (1982); and to Phasianidae by Parmalee (1992), Wang et al. (2013) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Gallinae by Shufeldt (1891); to Tetraonidae by Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933), Schultz and Howard (1935), Wetmore (1940), Miller (1944), Wetmore (1956) and Parmalee and Klippel (1982); and to Phasianidae by Parmalee (1992), Wang et al. (2013) and Clements et al. (2017).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1841 | Tympanuchus Gloger |
| 1852 | Cupidonia Reichenbach |
| 1891 | Tympanuchus Shufeldt p. 819 |
| 1902 | Tympanuchus Hay p. 534 |
| 1930 | Tympanuchus Hay p. 326 |
| 1933 | Tympanuchus Lambrecht p. 430 |
| 1935 | Tympanuchus Schultz and Howard p. 276 |
| 1940 | Tympanuchus Wetmore p. 43 |
| 1944 | Tympanuchus Miller p. 92 |
| 1956 | Tympanuchus Wetmore p. 52 |
| 1982 | Tympanuchus Parmalee and Klippel p. 366 |
| 1992 | Tympanuchus Parmalee p. 312 |
| 2013 | Tympanuchus Wang et al. |
| 2017 | Tympanuchus Clements et al. |
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G. Tympanuchus Gloger 1841
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Tympanuchus cupido Linnaeus 1758 [greater prairie chicken]
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Invalid names: Cupidonia americanus Reichenbach 1852 [synonym]
†Tympanuchus lulli Shufeldt 1915
Tympanuchus pallidicinctus Ridgway 1873 [lesser prairie chicken]
Tympanuchus phasianellus Linnaeus 1758 [sharp-tailed grouse]
†Tympanuchus stirtoni Miller 1944
Invalid names: Cupidonia Reichenbach 1852 [synonym], Pedioecetes Baird 1858 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available