Hemipenthes gabbroensis Handlirsch 1907

Insecta - Diptera - Bombyliidae

Alternative combination: Anthrax gabbroensis

Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1907. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts V-VII. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 641-1120

Belongs to Hemipenthes according to N. L. Evenhuis and D. J. Greathead 1999

See also Handlirsch 1907

Sister taxa: Hemipenthes dominicana, Hemipenthes provincialis, Hemipenthes tertiaria, Hemipenthes tertiarius

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gabbro (Bosniaski collection), which is in a Messinian terrestrial horizon in Italy

Distribution: found only at Gabbro (Bosniaski collection)

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