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Saturniinae

Insecta - Lepidoptera - Saturniidae

Taxonomy
Saturniinae was named by Boisduval (1837). It is extant.

It was assigned to Saturniidae by Regier et al. (2008) and Sohn et al. (2012).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Saturniinae Boisduval
2008Saturniinae Regier et al.
2012Saturniinae Sohn et al. p. 74

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAmphiesmenopteraKiriakoff 1948
Metamphiesmenoptera
RankNameAuthor
Euamphiesmenoptera
Panendymenoptera
Endymenoptera
Stelloptera
orderLepidoptera
Angiospermivora
suborderGlossata()
CoelolepidaNielsen and Kristensen 1996
infraorderHeteroneuraTillyard 1918
EulepidopteraKiriakoff 1948
Euheteroneura
DitrysiaBorner 1925
ApoditrysiaMinet 1983
ObtectomeraMinet 1986
Macroheterocera
superfamilyBombycoidea
familySaturniidaeBoisduval 1837
subfamilySaturniinaeBoisduval 1837
subfamilySaturniinaeBoisduval 1837

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.

Subfm. Saturniinae Boisduval 1837
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Tr. Attacini Blanchard 1840
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G. Attacus Linnaeus 1767
G. Rothschildia Grote 1897
Tr. Bunaeini Packard 1902
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G. Cirina Walker 1855
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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Zanclean or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Tanzania Cirina sp. (129957)