Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Alternative combination: Bibio anasiformis

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 Dilophus according to J. Skartveit et al. 2025

See also Dürrenfeldt 1968 and Evenhuis 1994

Sister taxa: Dilophus andrewrossi, Dilophus campbelli, Dilophus cerestensis, Dilophus crassicornis, Dilophus duerrenfeldti, Dilophus flavipes, 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 10582, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Willershausen clay pit (GZG collection), which is in a Piacenzian pond marl in Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Willershausen clay pit (GZG collection)

Show more details

Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.