Hirundineinae
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close boxDiscussion of Phylogenetic Relationships
Tello et al. (2009) erected a new subfamily to encompass species that had previously and variously been assigned to Elaeninae, Tyranninae, and Fluvicolinae. Ohlson et al. (2008) had recovered the same group.Myiophobus is polyphyletic, and a new name will be needed for this fragment. In the meantime, the genus name appears in brackets as a placeholder. The type species, M. fasciatus, which carries the genus name, is here.
References
Ohlson, J., J. Fjeldså, and P. G. P. Ericson. 2008. Tyrant flycatchers coming out in the open: Phylogeny and ecological radiation of Tyrannidae (Aves, Passeriformes). Zoologica Scripta 37:315-335.
Tello, J. G., R. G. Moyle, D. J. Marchese, and J. Cracraft. 2009. Phylogeny and phylogenetic classification of the tyrant flycatchers, cotinga, manakins, and their allies (Aves: Tyrannides). Cladistics 25:1-39.
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- First online 28 November 2009
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