Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Synonym: Bibio tenuis Dürrenfeldt 1968 [replaced name]

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

See also Dürrenfeldt 1968

Sister taxa: Dilophus anasiformis, Dilophus andrewrossi, Dilophus campbelli, Dilophus cerestensis, Dilophus crassicornis, 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 specimens:

• Dilophus duerrenfeldti: GZG.W.14613, an exoskeleton
• Bibio tenuis: GZG 14613, 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) (Pliocene of Germany)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.