Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae
Synonyms: Bibio conformans Theobald 1937, Bibio obtusa Theobald 1937, Bibio obtusus Theobald 1937, Bibio tenuiapacalis Theobald 1937, Bibio tenuiapicalis Theobald 1937
Full reference: N. Theobald. 1937. Les insectes fossiles des terrains oligocènes de France. Bulletin Mensuel (Mémoires) de la Société des Sciences de Nancy 1:1-473
Belongs to Bibio according to J. Skartveit and A. Nel 2017
See also Evenhuis 1994 and Theobald 1937
Sister taxa: Bibio acaptus, Bibio aerosus, Bibio albangulus, Bibio anasiformis, 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 carnificus, Bibio castaneipennis, Bibio cockerelli, Bibio colossoceps, Bibio compta, Bibio constringtus, Bibio contererus, Bibio crassinervis, Bibio cratopodus, Bibio cruciformis, Bibio curtisi, Bibio curtisii, Bibio deflectus, Bibio deformatus, Bibio discerptus, Bibio disjectus, Bibio dislocatus, Bibio dormitus, 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 latiantennatus, Bibio lignarius, Bibio longineurus, Bibio major, Bibio mancus, Bibio marginatus, Bibio martinsi, Bibio medioalbus, 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 similis, Bibio soldatus, Bibio spectabilis, Bibio sticheli, Bibio styriacus, Bibio succineus, Bibio tenebrosus, Bibio tenuis, Bibio tertiarius, Bibio testeus, Bibio tranopterus, Bibio tripus, Bibio udus, Bibio varineurus, Bibio ventricosus, Bibio vetus, Bibio vixdus, Bibio vulcanius, Bibio vulpinus, Bibio wickhami, Bibio xylophilus
Type specimens:
- Bibio celasensis: Marseilles Museum C56, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Célas, Gard (Museum Marseille collection), which is in a Priabonian lacustrine marl in France.
- Bibio conformans: Inst. Geol. Marseille M 20, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Aix-en-Provence (Museum Marseille Coll), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - large limestone in the Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of France.
- Bibio obtusa: Nimes. Museum Ni 34, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Monteils (Theobald coll), which is in a Priabonian lacustrine marl in France.
- Bibio tenuiapicalis: Marseilles Museum C53, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Célas, Gard (Museum Marseille collection), which is in a Priabonian lacustrine marl in France.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Oligocene of France (4 collections)
• Eocene of France (5)
Total: 9 collections including 11 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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