Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Full reference: S. E. Lewis. 1971. Three new species of fossil Diptera (Bibionidae) from the Ruby River Basin (Oligocene) of Southwestern Montana. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 64(6):1464-1466

Belongs to Penthetria according to S. E. Lewis 1971

Sister taxa: Bibio alacris, Bibio gigas, Bibio macer, Bibio minor, Penthetria abacula, Penthetria aestimata, Penthetria amoena, Penthetria anthracina, Penthetria beskonakensis, Penthetria blanchardi, Penthetria bohemica, Penthetria brevicollis, Penthetria carbonum, Penthetria cimicoides, Penthetria claripennis, Penthetria creedensis, Penthetria egerana, Penthetria elongatipennis, Penthetria fryi, Penthetria fuchsi, Penthetria gigantea, Penthetria globularis, Penthetria gracilis, Penthetria graciliventris, Penthetria immutabilis, Penthetria imperialis, Penthetria incerta, Penthetria integroneura, Penthetria intermedia, Penthetria longa, Penthetria longifurca, Penthetria longiventris, Penthetria luberonica, Penthetria lugens, Penthetria montanaregis, Penthetria murchisonii, Penthetria nervisinuata, Penthetria nigra, Penthetria parschlugiana, Penthetria rubescens, Penthetria rubiensis, Penthetria subterranea, Penthetria togoensis, Penthetria tropica, Penthetria velutina, Penthetria whipsawensis, Bibiopsis funebris, Bibiopsis murchisonii, Protomyia matheroni, Protomyia stygia, Protomyia grossa

Type specimen: John Alley coll. 6-114, an exoskeleton (body & wings). Its type locality is Ruby River Site 6, which is in a Whitneyan lacustrine - large shale in the Renova Formation of Montana.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Ruby River Site 6

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