Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae
Full reference: J. Skartveit. 2009. Fossil Hesperinidae and Bibionidae from Baltic amber (Diptera: Bibionoidea). Studia Dipterologica 15:3-42
Belongs to Penthetria according to J. Skartveit et al. 2023
See also Skartveit 2009 and Skartveit 2021
Sister taxa: Bibio alacris, Bibio gigas, Bibio macer, Bibio minor, Penthetria abacula, Penthetria aestimata, 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 murchisonii, Penthetria nervisinuata, Penthetria nigra, Penthetria parschlugiana, Penthetria rubescens, Penthetria rubiensis, Penthetria subterranea, Penthetria togoensis, Penthetria tropica, Penthetria velutina, Penthetria whipsawensis, Protomyia stygia, Protomyia matheroni, Protomyia grossa, Bibiopsis murchisonii, Bibiopsis funebris
Type specimen: MHNN 972, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (MHNN Neuchatel collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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