
Belongs within: Hirundinidae.
Psalidoprocne, saw-wings, is an African genus of swallows characterised by recurved barbs on the outer edge of the outer primary feather on the wing.
<==Psalidoprocne Cabanis 1850 [Psalidoprocninae]B94
| i. s.: P. petitiJF06
|--P. nitensBKB15
| |--P. n. nitensL03
| `--P. n. centralis Neumann 1904L03
`--+--+--P. albicepsBKB15
| `--P. holomelasJF06
`--+--+--P. fuliginosaBKB15
| `--P. pristoptera (Rüppell 1840)BKB15, S05 (see below for synonymy)
| |--P. p. pristopteraL03
| |--P. p. mangbettorum Chapin 1923L03
| |--P. p. massaica Neumann 1904 [=P. holomelaena massaica]L03
| |--P. p. oleaginea Neumann 1904 [=P. orientalis oleaginea]L03
| `--P. p. ruwenzori Chapin 1932 [=P. holomelaena ruwenzori]L03
`--+--P. obscuraBKB15
`--P. orientalisBKB15
Psalidoprocne pristoptera (Rüppell 1840)BKB15, S05 [=Hirundo (Chelidon) pristopteraS05; incl. Atticora albiscapulata Boie 1844S05, Hirundo albiscapillaS05]
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281.
[BKB15] Burleigh, J. G., R. T. Kimball & E. L. Braun. 2015. Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 53–63.
[JF06] Jønsson, K. A., & J. Fjeldså. 2006. A phylogenetic supertree of oscine passerine birds. Zoologica Scripta 35: 149–186.
[L03] LeCroy, M. 2003. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 5. Passeriformes: Alaudidae, Hirundinidae, Motacillidae, Campephagidae, Pycnonotidae, Irenidae, Laniidae, Vangidae, Bombycillidae, Dulidae, Cinclidae, Troglodytidae, and Mimidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 278: 1–156.
[S05] Steinheimer, F. D. 2005. Eduard Rüppel’s avian types at the Natural History Museum, Tring (Aves). Senckenbergiana Biologica 85 (2): 233–264.