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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), Skartveit and Wedmann (2021).
It was recombined as Penthetria inflata by Evenhuis (1994); it was recombined as Plecia inflata by Theobald (1937), Skartveit and Nel (2017), Skartveit and Wedmann (2021).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1870 | Protomyia inflata Oustalet p. 142 figs. Pl 5, fig 17 |
| 1937 | Plecia inflata Theobald p. 228 figs. Pl XVI fig 21 |
| 1994 | Penthetria inflata Evenhuis |
| 2017 | Plecia inflata Skartveit and Nel p. 44 figs. 31, 123-125 |
| 2021 | Plecia inflata Skartveit and Wedmann p. 29 fig. 40 |
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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 inflata Oustalet 1870
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 27.30000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Oligocene | France | Plecia lygaeoides (121476) | |
| Rupelian | France (Auvergne) | Protomyia inflata (127630) | |
| Rupelian | Germany | Plecia inflata (122407) |