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Pterophorus
Taxonomy
Pterophorus was named by Geoffroy (1762). It is extant. It is the type genus of Pterophoroidea, Pterophoridae.
It was assigned to Insecta by Geoffroy (1762); to Glossata by Fabricius (1775); to Lepidoptera by Schaeffer (1766), Latreille (1796); and to Pterophoridae by Sohn et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Insecta by Geoffroy (1762); to Glossata by Fabricius (1775); to Lepidoptera by Schaeffer (1766), Latreille (1796); and to Pterophoridae by Sohn et al. (2012).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1762 | Pterophorus Geoffroy p. 90 |
| 1766 | Pterophorus Schaeffer |
| 1775 | Pterophorus Fabricius p. 671 |
| 1796 | Pterophorus Latreille p. 148 |
| 2012 | Pterophorus Sohn et al. |
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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. Pterophorus Geoffroy 1762
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available