Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae
Full reference: J. Skartveit, U. Kaulfuss, and A. Gehler. 2025. Revision of the fossil species of Bibionidae (Diptera) from the Pliocene of Willershausen (Germany). PalZ 99:53-69
Belongs to Dilophus according to J. Skartveit et al. 2025
Sister taxa: Dilophus anasiformis, Dilophus andrewrossi, Dilophus campbelli, Dilophus cerestensis, Dilophus crassicornis, Dilophus duerrenfeldti, Dilophus idanos, Dilophus krantzii, Dilophus luteipennis, Dilophus magnus, Dilophus matilei, Dilophus palaeofebrilis, Dilophus pinguis, Dilophus plionanus, Dilophus priscus, Dilophus pumilio, Dilophus succineus
Type specimen: GZG.W.40596, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Willershausen clay pit (Grabenhorst collection), which is in a Piacenzian pond marl in Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Germany (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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