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Plecia inflata

Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Taxonomy
Protomyia inflata was named by Oustalet (1870). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Corent (MNHN collection), which is in a Rupelian lacustrine - large marl in France.

It was recombined as Penthetria inflata by Evenhuis (1994); it was recombined as Plecia inflata by Theobald (1937), Skartveit and Nel (2017) and Skartveit and Wedmann (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Protomyia inflata Oustalet p. 142 figs. Pl 5, fig 17
1937Plecia inflata Theobald p. 228 figs. Pl XVI fig 21
1994Penthetria inflata Evenhuis
2017Plecia inflata Skartveit and Nel p. 44 figs. 31, 123-125
2021Plecia inflata Skartveit and Wedmann p. 29 fig. 40

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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
speciesinflata()

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 inflata Oustalet 1870
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available