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Plecia foersteri

Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Taxonomy
Plecia foersteri was named by Theobald (1937). Its type specimen is Marseilles Museum C84, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Kleinkembs, which is in a Rupelian lacustrine - large marl/limestone in the Salt Formation of Germany.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Plecia foersteri Theobald pp. 73, 230 figs. Pl VI fig 8; Pl XVII fig 4-9; Pl XI fig 11
1937Plecia splendida Theobald p. 137 figs. Pl II fig 14, 5; Pl XI fig 6, 3
1937Plecia oviformis Theobald p. 229 figs. Pl V fig 10; Pl XVII fig 2
2017Plecia foersteri Skartveit and Nel p. 42 figs. 25-28, 119-122
2021Plecia foersteri Skartveit and Wedmann p. 25 fig. 30

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilyBibionoidea
familyBibionidae
subfamilyPleciinaeDuda 1930
genusPleciaWiedemann 1823
speciesfoersteri

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 foersteri Theobald 1937
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Invalid names: Plecia oviformis Theobald 1937 [synonym], Plecia splendida Theobald 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Chattian or 37.71000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9France (Gard) Plecia foersteri, Plecia splendida (122406)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France Plecia foersteri, Plecia splendida (113709)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France Plecia exposititia (121474) Plecia stygia (121473)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France (Auvergne Region) Plecia splendida (31767)
MP 2333.9 - 27.3France Plecia splendida (122535)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany Plecia foersteri, Plecia splendida, Plecia oviformis, Plecia rubescens (type locality: 122407)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Plecia splendida (122501 122509 138838)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Plecia splendida (122487 122488)