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Pontia

Insecta - Lepidoptera - Pieridae

Taxonomy
Pontia was named by Fabricius (1807). It is extant.

It was assigned to Pieridae by Carpenter (1992); to Pierinae by Sohn et al. (2012); and to Pierina by Braby et al. (2006), Wahlberg et al. (2014).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1807Pontia Fabricius p. 283
1992Pontia Carpenter
2006Pontia Braby et al.
2012Pontia Sohn et al. p. 72
2014Pontia Wahlberg et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
RankNameAuthor
Panorpida
superorderAmphiesmenopteraKiriakoff 1948
Metamphiesmenoptera
Euamphiesmenoptera
Panendymenoptera
Endymenoptera
Stelloptera
orderLepidoptera
Angiospermivora
suborderGlossata()
CoelolepidaNielsen and Kristensen 1996
infraorderHeteroneuraTillyard 1918
EulepidopteraKiriakoff 1948
Euheteroneura
DitrysiaBorner 1925
ApoditrysiaMinet 1983
ObtectomeraMinet 1986
superfamilyPapilionoidea
familyPieridae
subfamilyPierinae
tribePierini
subtribePierina
genusPontiaFabricius 1807

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Pontia Fabricius 1807
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Pontia freyeri Heer 1849
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Sarmatian or 12.80000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Croatia Pierites freyeri (117761)