Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae
Synonyms: Curtisimyia Giebel 1856, Lithobibio Beier 1952, Lithosomyia Carpenter 1986, Mesomyia Pongrácz 1928, Protoberis Cockerell 1915
Full reference: E. L. Geoffroy. 1762. Histoire Abregée des Insectes qui se Trouvent aux Environs de Paris, Tome Second 1-690
Parent taxon: Bibionina according to A. Nel et al. 2019
See also Aldrich 1905, Carpenter 1986, Carpenter 1992, Cockerell 1909, Cockerell 1915, Evenhuis 1994, Fitzgerald 2004, Geoffroy 1762, Hong and Wang 1985, James 1937, Latreille 1796, Latreille 1802, Müller 1776, Nel 1994, Piton 1940, Pongrácz 1931, Schaeffer 1766, Skartveit 2009, Skartveit and Ansorge 2020, Skartveit and Nel 2017, Skartveit and Pika 2014, Skartveit and Wedmann 2021, Statz 1943, Theobald 1937 and Wappler et al. 2014
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: 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 celasensis 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
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Germany (1 collection), Japan (2)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), China (5), Croatia (6), the Czech Republic (1), France (3), Germany (7), Iceland (1), Italy (2), Japan (2), Romania (1), Slovenia (1), Spain (1), Turkey (1), United States (3: Alaska, Idaho, Washington)
• Oligocene of France (16), Germany (10), United States (1: Montana)
• Eocene of France (5), Italy (1), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (8: Colorado)
• Paleocene of France (2)
Total: 86 collections including 230 occurrences
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