Penthetria beskonakensis Skartveit and Nel 2012 (march fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Full reference: J. Skartveit and A. Nel. 2012. Fossil Bibionidae (Diptera: Bibionomorpha) from the late Oligocene of Bes-Konak, Anatolia, Turkey. Zootaxa 3329:51-63

Belongs to Penthetria according to J. Skartveit and A. Nel 2012

Sister taxa: Bibio alacris, Bibio gigas, Bibio macer, Bibio minor, Penthetria abacula, Penthetria aestimata, Penthetria alderensis, Penthetria amoena, Penthetria anthracina, 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 murchisonii, Bibiopsis funebris, Protomyia matheroni, Protomyia stygia, Protomyia grossa

Type specimen: MNHN BK 223 8C, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bes-Konak, which is in an Aquitanian lacustrine - large diatomite in Turkey.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Bes-Konak

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