IRMNG - Megalurus Horsfield, 1821

IRMNG taxon details

Megalurus Horsfield, 1821

IRMNG_ID

1277407 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1277407)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Locustellidae Bonaparte, 1854

Synonymised names

Dulciornis Mathews, 1912 · unaccepted

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Species Megalurus albolimbatus (Albertis & Salvadori, 1879)
Species Megalurus gramineus (Gould, 1845)
Species Megalurus palustris Horsfield, 1821
Species Megalurus pryeri Seebohm, 1884
Species Megalurus punctatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830)
Species Megalurus rufescens (Buller, 1869)
Species Megalurus timoriensis Wallace, 1864
Species Megalurus cruralis Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 accepted as Cincloramphus cruralis (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 13 (1)
page(s): 158 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Megalurus Horsfield, 1821. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1277407 on 2024-11-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2023-04-22 21:27:29Z

changed

Girard, Jean-Sébastien

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Sources (9)

original description Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 13 (1)
page(s): 158 [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]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

verified source for family Alström, P.; Cibois, A.; Irestedt, M.; Zuccon, D.; Gelang, M.; Fjeldså, J.; Andersen, M. J.; Moyle, R. G.; Pasquet, E.; Olsson, U. (2018). Comprehensive molecular phylogeny of the grassbirds and allies (Locustellidae) reveals extensive non-monophyly of traditional genera, and a proposal for a new classification. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 127: 367-375., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.03.029 [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]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source CoL2006 [details]

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

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Dulciornis Mathews, 1912) Austral Avian Rec., 1
page(s): 112 [details]