Hemipenthes provincialis Handlirsch 1907

Insecta - Diptera - Bombyliidae

Alternative combination: Anthrax provincialis

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 gabbroensis, Hemipenthes tertiaria, Hemipenthes tertiarius

Type specimen: NHMW 1865/X/1124, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Aix-en-Provence (NHMW Coll), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - large limestone in the Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of France.

Distribution: found only at Aix-en-Provence (NHMW Coll)

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