Penthetria creedensis James 1938 (march fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Alternative combination: Plecia creedensis

Full reference: M. T. James. 1938. Fossil Insects from the Creede Formation, Colorado Part 1. Diptera family Bibionidae. Psyche 45:114-115

Belongs to Penthetria according to S. J. Fitzgerald 1999

See also James 1938

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 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: MCZ 4523, an exoskeleton (female well preserved). Its type locality is Creede (MCZ collection), which is in an Oligocene crater lake shale in the Creede Formation of Colorado.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (2: Colorado collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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