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Plecia platoptera
Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae
Taxonomy
Plecia platoptera was named by Zhang (1993). Its type specimen is SK000444, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection SK (Shanwang Fossil Protection Post coll.), which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1993 | Plecia platoptera Zhang p. 141 figs. Pl 1, fig 1; text-fig 1 |
1994 | Plecia platoptera Zhang et al. p. 190 figs. Pl 34, fig 2; text-figs 175, 176 |
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†Plecia platoptera Zhang 1993
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available