Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Alternative combination: Plecia claripennis

Synonyms: Plecia difficilis Theobald 1937, Plecia graciosa Theobald 1937, Plecia varia Theobald 1937, Plecia variegata Theobald 1937

Full reference: N. Theobald. 1937. Les insectes fossiles des terrains oligocènes de France. Bulletin Mensuel (Mémoires) de la Société des Sciences de Nancy 1:1-473

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

See also Skartveit and Nel 2017 and Theobald 1937

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 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, Bibiopsis funebris, Bibiopsis murchisonii, Protomyia grossa, Protomyia matheroni, Protomyia stygia

Type specimens:

• Penthetria claripennis: NMB F1382, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Kleinkembs, which is in a Rupelian lacustrine - large marl/limestone in the Salt Formation of Germany.
• Plecia difficilis: NMB F1408, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Kleinkembs, which is in a Rupelian lacustrine - large marl/limestone in the Salt Formation of Germany.
• Plecia graciosa: Bale Museum R 979(845), an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Kleinkembs, which is in a Rupelian lacustrine - large marl/limestone in the Salt Formation of Germany.
• Plecia varia: NHB F1407, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Kleinkembs, which is in a Rupelian lacustrine - large marl/limestone in the Salt Formation of Germany.
• Plecia variegata: NMB F1405, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Kleinkembs, which is in a Rupelian lacustrine - large marl/limestone in the Salt Formation of Germany.

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