Ponopterix Vršanský and Grimaldi 1999 (winged insect)

Insecta - Alienoptera - Umenocoleidae

Full reference: P. Vršanský and D. Grimaldi. 1999. Taxonomic names, in Lower Cretaceous Blattaria. Proceedings of the First International Palaeoentomological Conference 167-176

Parent taxon: Umenocoleidae according to C. H. Luo et al. 2022

See also Bechly 2007, Kirejtshuk et al. 2014, Lee 2016, Luo et al. 2022, Nel et al. 2014, Vršanský 2003, Vršanský 2004 and Vršanský and Grimaldi 1999

Sister taxa: Alienopterix, Alienopterixinae, Archaeospinapteryx, Blattapterix, Compunctiotypus, Cratovitisma, Elytropterix, Enervipraeala, Laticephalana, Nigropterix, Petropterix, Poikiloprosopon, Pseudojantaropterix, Trapezionotum, Umenocoleus, Umenopterix, Umenotypus, Vitisminae, Vzrkadlenie

Subtaxa: Ponopterix axelrodi

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Type: Ponopterix axelrodi

Ecology: fast-moving arboreal herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (5 collections), China (1)

Total: 6 collections including 8 occurrences

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