Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae
Synonyms: Bibio albangulus Dürrenfeldt 1968, Bibio cruciformis Dürrenfeldt 1968, Bibio vixdus 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 acaptus, 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 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 nebulosus: GZG 10581, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Willershausen clay pit (GZG collection), which is in a Piacenzian pond marl in Germany.
- Bibio albangulus: GZG 17228, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Willershausen clay pit (GZG collection), which is in a Piacenzian pond marl in Germany.
- Bibio cruciformis: GZG 16795, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Willershausen clay pit (GZG collection), which is in a Piacenzian pond marl in Germany.
- Bibio vixdus: GZG 2027, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Willershausen clay pit (GZG collection), which is in a Piacenzian pond marl in Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Germany (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections including 6 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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