Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Synonyms: Bibio deflectus Dürrenfeldt 1968, Bibio similis Dürrenfeldt 1968

Full reference: A. Dürrenfeldt. 1968. Dipteren aus dem Oberpliozän von Willershausen. Beihefte zu den Berichten der Naturhistorischen Gesellschaft zu Hannover 6:43-81

Belongs to Bibio according to J. Skartveit et al. 2025

See also Dürrenfeldt 1968 and Evenhuis 1994

Sister taxa: Bibio aerosus, 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 castaneipennis, Bibio celasensis, Bibio cockerelli, Bibio colossoceps, Bibio compta, Bibio contererus, Bibio crassinervis, Bibio cratopodus, Bibio curtisi, Bibio curtisii, Bibio deformatus, Bibio discerptus, Bibio disjectus, Bibio dislocatus, 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 giganteus, Bibio gurnetensis, Bibio jamesi, Bibio janus, Bibio joursacensis, Bibio kochii, Bibio latahensis, Bibio lignarius, Bibio longineurus, Bibio major, Bibio marginatus, Bibio martinsi, 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 spectabilis, Bibio sticheli, Bibio styriacus, Bibio succineus, Bibio tenebrosus, Bibio tertiarius, Bibio testeus, Bibio tranopterus, Bibio udus, Bibio varineurus, Bibio ventricosus, Bibio vetus, Bibio vulcanius, Bibio vulpinus, Bibio wickhami, Bibio xylophilus

Type specimens:

• Bibio acaptus: GZG 17219, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Willershausen clay pit (GZG collection), which is in a Piacenzian pond marl in Germany.
• Bibio deflectus: GZG 16052, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Willershausen clay pit (GZG collection), which is in a Piacenzian pond marl in Germany.
• Bibio similis: GZG 17157, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Willershausen clay pit (GZG collection), which is in a Piacenzian pond marl in Germany.

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.