Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae
Alternative combinations: Plecia lugens, Protomyia lugens
Full reference: E. Oustalet. 1870. Recherches sur les insectes fossiles des terrains Tertiaires de la France, première partie, insectes fossiles de l'Auvergne. Annales des Sciences Géologiques, Paris 2(3):1-178
Belongs to Penthetria according to J. Skartveit and S. Wedmann 2021
See also Evenhuis 1994, Oustalet 1870, Skartveit and Nel 2017 and Theobald 1937
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 montanaregis, Penthetria murchisonii, Penthetria nervisinuata, Penthetria nigra, Penthetria parschlugiana, Penthetria rubescens, Penthetria rubiensis, Penthetria subterranea, Penthetria togoensis, Penthetria tropica, Penthetria velutina, Penthetria whipsawensis, Bibiopsis funebris, Bibiopsis murchisonii, Protomyia stygia, Protomyia grossa, Protomyia matheroni
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Oligocene of France (5 collections), Germany (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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