Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae
Full reference: H. M. A. Rice. 1959. Fossil Bibionidae (Diptera) from British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 55:1-36
Belongs to Penthetria according to H. M. A. Rice 1959
Sister taxa: Bibio alacris, Bibio gigas, Bibio macer, Bibio minor, Penthetria abacula, Penthetria aestimata, Penthetria alderensis, 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, Protomyia grossa, Protomyia matheroni, Protomyia stygia, Bibiopsis funebris, Bibiopsis murchisonii
Type specimen: GSC 14416, a wing. Its type locality is Whipsaw Creek (Nine Mile Creek), which is in a Ypresian lacustrine mudstone in the Allenby Formation of Canada.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Whipsaw Creek (Nine Mile Creek)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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