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Penthetria murchisonii

Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Taxonomy
Bibio murchisonis was named by Unger (1841). Its type specimen is SLJG 77466, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Radoboj (Grätz Collection), which is in a Sarmatian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in Croatia.

It was recombined as Bibiopsis murchisonii by Heer (1849); it was corrected as Bibio murchisoni by Pongrácz (1928); it was recombined as Penthetria murchisonii by Skartveit and Krizmanić (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Bibio murchisonis Unger p. 426 figs. Pl 71, fig 3
1849Bibiopsis murchisonii Heer p. 230 figs. Pl 15, fig 25
1928Bibio murchisoni Pongrácz p. 180
1994Bibio murchisonis Evenhuis p. 125
2020Penthetria murchisonii Skartveit and Krizmanić p. 357 figs. 5, 25

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
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
subfamilyHesperininae(Walker 1848)
genusPenthetria
speciesmurchisonii()

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.

Penthetria murchisonii Unger 1841
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Sarmatian or 12.70000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Croatia Bibio murchisonis (type locality: 117246)