Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1915. Miocene fossil insects. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 66:634-648
Belongs to Bibio according to A. L. Melander 1949
See also Cockerell 1915, Cockerell 1917, Cockerell 1927 and James 1937
Sister taxa: Bibio acaptus, Bibio aerosus, Bibio anatolicus, Bibio angustatus, Bibio antiquus, Bibio aquaesextiae, Bibio atavus, Bibio auripes, Bibio aymardi, Bibio baumbergeri, Bibio boulayi, Bibio brachypodus, Bibio brevis, Bibio brunettii, Bibio brunneifemus, Bibio brunneus, Bibio bullatus, Bibio capnodes, Bibio castaneipennis, Bibio celasensis, Bibio cockerelli, Bibio colossoceps, Bibio compta, Bibio contererus, Bibio crassinervis, Bibio cratopodus, Bibio curtisi, Bibio curtisii, Bibio deformatus, Bibio discerptus, Bibio disjectus, Bibio dislocatus, Bibio edda, Bibio elegantulus, Bibio enormus, Bibio enterodelus, Bibio excurvatus, Bibio eximius, Bibio expansus, Bibio explanatus, Bibio extremus, Bibio firmus, Bibio flavissimus, Bibio formosus, Bibio fusiformis, Bibio germari, Bibio giganteus, Bibio gurnetensis, Bibio jamesi, Bibio janus, Bibio joursacensis, Bibio kochii, Bibio latahensis, Bibio lignarius, Bibio longineurus, Bibio major, Bibio marginatus, Bibio martinsi, Bibio mimas, Bibio miocenicus, Bibio moestus, Bibio nebulosus, Bibio nigricosta, Bibio obliteratus, Bibio obsoletus, Bibio oligocenus, Bibio pannosus, Bibio penisularis, Bibio peraffinis, Bibio podager, Bibio praecidus, Bibio pulchellus, Bibio roehli, Bibio rottensis, Bibio ruptineurus, Bibio sadoensis, Bibio sereri, Bibio shanwangensis, Bibio spectabilis, Bibio sticheli, Bibio styriacus, Bibio succineus, Bibio tenebrosus, Bibio tertiarius, Bibio testeus, Bibio tranopterus, Bibio udus, Bibio varineurus, Bibio ventricosus, Bibio vetus, Bibio vulcanius, Bibio vulpinus, Bibio xylophilus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Wilson Ranch, Florissant, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large horizon in the Florissant Formation of Colorado
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (6: Colorado collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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