Plecia hypogaea von Heyden and von Heyden 1865 (love bug)

Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Alternative combination: Protomyia hypogaea

Synonyms: Plecia antenata von Heyden and von Heyden 1865, Plecia elongata von Heyden and von Heyden 1865, Plecia exposita von Heyden and von Heyden 1865, Plecia expositia von Heyden and von Heyden 1865, Plecia grandaeva von Heyden and von Heyden 1865, Plecia pulchella Meunier 1915, Protomyia antenata von Heyden and von Heyden 1865, Protomyia elongata von Heyden and von Heyden 1865, Protomyia expositia von Heyden and von Heyden 1865, Protomyia exposititia von Heyden and von Heyden 1865, Protomyia grandaeva von Heyden and von Heyden 1865

Full reference: C. von Heyden and L. von Heyden. 1865. Bibioniden aus der Rheinischen Braunkohle von Rott. Palaeontographica 14:19-30

Belongs to Plecia according to J. Skartveit and S. Wedmann 2021

See also Evenhuis 1994, Meunier 1915, Meunier 1917, Meunier 1919, Statz 1943 and von Heyden and von Heyden 1865

Sister taxa: Bibio cylindratus, Clothonopsis, Clothonopsis miocenica, Plecia acourti, Plecia aculeolata, Plecia akerionana, Plecia amagua, Plecia angustipennis, Plecia angustiventris, Plecia assonensis, Plecia avus, Plecia axeliana, Plecia baglii, Plecia bivalvula, Plecia borussica, Plecia brunneipennis, Plecia brunniptera, Plecia bucklandi, Plecia cairnesi, Plecia canadensis, Plecia capitata, Plecia castellaroi, Plecia chapuisii, Plecia clavifemur, Plecia collossea, Plecia conica, Plecia curtula, Plecia decapitata, Plecia dejecta, Plecia diatoma, Plecia dilatata, Plecia dubia, Plecia dumasi, Plecia elatior, Plecia exigua, Plecia explanata, Plecia exposititia, Plecia foersteri, Plecia fumosa, Plecia gracilenta, Plecia gracilentula, Plecia gracillima, Plecia gradata, Plecia grossa, Plecia hilaris, Plecia hoffeinsorum, Plecia inflata, Plecia inflata, Plecia intima, Plecia joannis, Plecia jucunda, Plecia kanetakii, Plecia kelownaensis, Plecia kudiella, Plecia kuznetzovi, Plecia larguensis, Plecia larteti, Plecia livida, Plecia longipennis, Plecia luctuosa, Plecia ludongensis, Plecia lugubris, Plecia luteola, Plecia lygaeoides, Plecia macilenta, Plecia macrocephala, Plecia maimensis, Plecia melanderi, Plecia minutula, Plecia morio, Plecia myersi, Plecia nana, Plecia obsitula, Plecia orycta, Plecia oustaleti, Plecia painvini, Plecia pallida, Plecia parisiensis, Plecia pealei, Plecia pennata, Plecia pictipennis, Plecia pinguis, Plecia pisaurensis, Plecia platoptera, Plecia platyptera, Plecia prisca, Plecia pristina, Plecia proserpina, Plecia pulchra, Plecia pulla, Plecia quaesita, Plecia rectivenia, Plecia redempta, Plecia reducta, Plecia refracta, Plecia retracta, Plecia rhenana, Plecia rhodopterina, Plecia rubescens, Plecia sauvagei, Plecia similkameena, Plecia sluiteri, Plecia solaris, Plecia spinula, Plecia sturmi, Plecia stygia, Plecia tessella, Plecia theobaldi, Plecia transitoria, Plecia tulameenensis, Plecia undans, Plecia vergnei, Plecia villosa, Plecia volgeri, Plecia vulcania, Plecia winchesteri, Plecia winnertzi, Plecia woodruffi

Type specimens:

  • Plecia hypogaea: NMHUK In 58803, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Rott (Krantz Bonn coll), which is in a MP 30 lacustrine - large shale in the Rott Formation of Germany.
  • Plecia pulchella: Its type locality is Rott (Bauckhorn coll), which is in a MP 30 lacustrine - large lignite in Germany.
  • Protomyia antenata: NMHUK In 58795, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Rott (Krantz Bonn coll), which is in a MP 30 lacustrine - large shale in the Rott Formation of Germany.
  • Protomyia elongata: NMHUK In 58829, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Rott (Krantz Bonn coll), which is in a MP 30 lacustrine - large shale in the Rott Formation of Germany.
  • Protomyia expositia: Its type locality is Rott (Krantz Bonn coll), which is in a MP 30 lacustrine - large shale in the Rott Formation of Germany.
  • Protomyia grandaeva: Its type locality is Rott (Krantz Bonn coll), which is in a MP 30 lacustrine - large shale in the Rott Formation of Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Germany (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections including 14 occurrences

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