IRMNG - Merops Linnaeus, 1758

IRMNG taxon details

Merops Linnaeus, 1758

IRMNG_ID

1435252 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1435252)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Meropidae Vigors, 1825

Synonymised names

Aerops Reichenbach, 1851 · unaccepted

Bombylonax Heine, 1860 · unaccepted

Dicrocercus Cabanis & Heine, 1860 · unaccepted

Melitophagus Des Murs in Chenu, 1853 · unaccepted

Melittophagus Boie, 1828 · unaccepted

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Species Merops albicollis Vieillot, 1817
Species Merops apiaster Linnaeus, 1758
Species Merops auritus Latham, 1802
Species Merops boehmi Reichenow, 1882
Species Merops breweri Cassin, 1859
Species Merops bullockoides Smith, 1834
Species Merops bulocki Vieillot, 1817
Species Merops gularis Shaw, 1798
Species Merops hirundineus Lichtenstein, 1793
Species Merops leschenaulti Vieillot, 1817
Species Merops malimbicus Shaw, 1806
Species Merops muelleri (Cassin, 1857)
Species Merops nubicoides DesMurs & Pucheran, 1846
Species Merops nubicus Gmelin, 1788
Species Merops oreobates (Sharpe, 1892)
Species Merops orientalis Latham, 1802
Species Merops ornatus Latham, 1802
Species Merops persicus Pallas, 1773
Species Merops philippinus Linnaeus, 1766
Species Merops pusillus Müller, 1776
Species Merops revoilii Oustalet, 1882
Species Merops superciliosus Linnaeus, 1766
Species Merops variegatus Vieillot, 1817
Species Merops viridis Linnaeus, 1758
Species Merops eupogon Lichtenstein, 1818 accepted as Manorina melanophrys (Latham, 1802)
Species Merops lewini Bonaparte, 1850 accepted as Merops ornatus Latham, 1802
Species Merops melanurus Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 accepted as Merops ornatus Latham, 1802
Species Merops phrygius Shaw, 1794 accepted as Xanthomyza phrygia (Shaw, 1794)
Species Merops tenuipennis Dumont, 1821 accepted as Merops ornatus Latham, 1802
Species Merops thouini Dumont, 1821 accepted as Merops ornatus Latham, 1802

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 117 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Merops Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1435252 on 2024-04-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 117 [details]

basis of record SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

current name source CoL2006 [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993 [details]

habitat flag source web search (AJR) [details]

original description (of Aerops Reichenbach, 1851) Handb. Spec. Ornith.
page(s): 82 [details]

original description (of Dicrocercus Cabanis & Heine, 1860) Mus. Hein., 2, 1859-60
page(s): 136 [details]

original description (of Melittophagus Boie, 1828) Isis (Oken), 1828
page(s): 316 [details]

original description (of Bombylonax Heine, 1860) J. Orn., 7, 1859, no. 42
page(s): 434 [details]

original description (of Melitophagus Des Murs in Chenu, 1853) in Chenu, Encycl. Hist. Nat., Ois., 2
page(s): 105 [details]

From other sources

Descriptive info Bee-eaters [details]

Nomenclatural status available [details]

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