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Plecia macrocephala
Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae
Taxonomy
Protomyia macrocephala was named by von Heyden and von Heyden (1865). Its type specimen is NHMUK In 58794, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Rott (Krantz Bonn coll), which is in a MP 30 lacustrine - large shale in the Rott Formation of Germany.
It was recombined as Plecia macrocephala by Statz (1943), Evenhuis (1994) and Skartveit and Wedmann (2021).
It was recombined as Plecia macrocephala by Statz (1943), Evenhuis (1994) and Skartveit and Wedmann (2021).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1865 | Protomyia macrocephala von Heyden and von Heyden p. 23 figs. Pl 8, fig 8 |
| 1865 | Protomyia schineri von Heyden and von Heyden p. 27 figs. Pl 8, figs 12,13 |
| 1943 | Plecia schineri Statz pp. 15-16 |
| 1943 | Plecia macrocephala Statz p. 16 |
| 1994 | Plecia macrocephala Evenhuis |
| 1994 | Plecia schineri Evenhuis |
| 2021 | Plecia macrocephala Skartveit and Wedmann p. 30 figs. 44-47, 140-143 |
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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 macrocephala von Heyden and von Heyden 1865
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Invalid names: Protomyia schineri von Heyden and von Heyden 1865 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available