The Key to Scientific Names
- Acanthylops
(Apodidae; syn. Hirundapus Ϯ Brown-backed Needletail H. giganteus) Gr. αχαντιον akhantion little thistle (cf. genus Acanthylis Boie, 1826, swift); ωψ ōps, ωπος ōpos appearance; "ACANTHYLOPS, Bp. 1857. Pallenis, Reich. 1850, nec Lap. 1836. Hemiprocne, Cypseloides, Senex, Streub. 1848. Cypseloides, a, Sclat. 1866. Reich. S. A. t. 87. f. . 782. fumigatus, Natt. 783. senex, Tem. P. C. 397. Temminckii, Streub." (G. Gray 1869): "Acanthylops "Bp." G. Gray, 1869, Hand-list Genera Species Birds, I, p. 67. New name for Pallenis Reichenbach, 1850 (amendment of Pallene G. Gray, 1841), not of Laporte de Castelnau, 1836 (Coleoptera). Despite Gray's possible intention his new name must take the type of the "replaced" name." (JAJ 2021).
Var. Achantylops (?lapsus for Achantylis = Acanthylis).
