Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Synonyms: Bibio heroica von Heyden and von Heyden 1865, Bibio maculatus Heer 1849, Bibio partschii Heer 1849, Penthetria partschi Heer 1849, Plecia heroica von Heyden and von Heyden 1865

Full reference: F. Unger. 1841. Fossile Insecten. Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum 19(2):415-428

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

See also Evenhuis 1994, Heer 1849, Pongrácz 1928, Skartveit and Krizmanić 2020, Unger 1841 and von Heyden and von Heyden 1865

Sister taxa: Bibio acaptus, Bibio aerosus, Bibio albangulus, Bibio anasiformis, Bibio anatolicus, Bibio angustatus, Bibio antiquus, Bibio aquaesextiae, Bibio atavus, Bibio auripes, Bibio aymardi, Bibio baumbergeri, Bibio boulayi, Bibio brachypodus, Bibio brevis, Bibio brunettii, Bibio brunneifemus, Bibio brunneus, Bibio bullatus, Bibio capnodes, Bibio carnificus, Bibio castaneipennis, Bibio celasensis, Bibio cockerelli, Bibio colossoceps, Bibio compta, Bibio constringtus, Bibio contererus, Bibio crassinervis, Bibio cratopodus, Bibio cruciformis, Bibio curtisi, Bibio curtisii, Bibio deflectus, Bibio deformatus, Bibio discerptus, Bibio disjectus, Bibio dislocatus, Bibio dormitus, Bibio edda, Bibio elegantulus, Bibio enormus, Bibio enterodelus, Bibio excurvatus, Bibio eximius, Bibio expansus, Bibio explanatus, Bibio extremus, Bibio firmus, Bibio flavissimus, Bibio formosus, Bibio fusiformis, Bibio germari, Bibio gurnetensis, Bibio jamesi, Bibio janus, Bibio joursacensis, Bibio kochii, Bibio latahensis, Bibio latiantennatus, Bibio lignarius, Bibio longineurus, Bibio major, Bibio mancus, Bibio marginatus, Bibio martinsi, Bibio medioalbus, Bibio mimas, Bibio miocenicus, Bibio moestus, Bibio nebulosus, Bibio nigricosta, Bibio obliteratus, Bibio obsoletus, Bibio oligocenus, Bibio pannosus, Bibio penisularis, Bibio peraffinis, Bibio podager, Bibio praecidus, Bibio pulchellus, Bibio roehli, Bibio rottensis, Bibio ruptineurus, Bibio sadoensis, Bibio sereri, Bibio shanwangensis, Bibio similis, Bibio soldatus, Bibio spectabilis, Bibio sticheli, Bibio styriacus, Bibio succineus, Bibio tenebrosus, Bibio tenuis, Bibio tertiarius, Bibio testeus, Bibio tranopterus, Bibio tripus, Bibio udus, Bibio varineurus, Bibio ventricosus, Bibio vetus, Bibio vixdus, Bibio vulcanius, Bibio vulpinus, Bibio wickhami, Bibio xylophilus

Type specimens:

• Bibio giganteus: SLJG 77605, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Radoboj (Grätz Collection), which is in a Sarmatian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in Croatia.
• Bibio maculatus:
• Bibio partschii: NHMW 2007z013010001, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Radoboj (NHMW Wien Collection), which is in a Sarmatian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in Croatia.
• Plecia heroica: NHMUK In 58802, 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.

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.