Penthetria aestimata Statz 1943 (march fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Full reference: G. Statz. 1943. Neue Dipteren (Nematocera) aus dem Oberoligocan von Rott. 1. Familie Bibionidae (Haarmucken). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 95:1-65

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

See also Statz 1943

Sister taxa: Bibio alacris, Bibio gigas, Bibio macer, Bibio minor, Penthetria abacula, 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 lugens, Penthetria montanaregis, Penthetria murchisonii, Penthetria nervisinuata, Penthetria nigra, Penthetria parschlugiana, Penthetria rubescens, Penthetria rubiensis, Penthetria subterranea, Penthetria togoensis, Penthetria tropica, Penthetria velutina, Penthetria whipsawensis, Protomyia grossa, Protomyia matheroni, Protomyia stygia, Bibiopsis funebris, Bibiopsis murchisonii

Type specimen: Its type locality is Rott (Statz Collection), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - small shale in the Rott Formation of Germany

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Rott (Statz Collection)

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