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Plecia elatior

Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Taxonomy
Penthetria elatior was named by Handlirsch (1910). Its type specimen is GSC 7257, an exoskeleton (wing & abdomen), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Tulameen river, opposite Vermilion bluff, which is in a Ypresian lacustrine horizon in the Allenby Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Plecia elatior by Rice (1959).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Penthetria elatior Handlirsch p. 108 fig. 12
1959Plecia elatior Rice p. 17 figs. Pl IV fig 5; Fig 8 Nos. 10, 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilyBibionoidea
familyBibionidae
subfamilyPleciinaeDuda 1930
genusPleciaWiedemann 1823
specieselatior()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Plecia elatior Handlirsch 1910
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available