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Penthetria nigra

Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Taxonomy
Penthetria nigra was named by Statz (1943). Its type specimen is LACMIP 3382, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Rott (Statz Collection), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - small shale in the Rott Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Penthetria nigra Statz p. 38 figs. Pl III fig 20
2021Penthetria nigra Skartveit and Wedmann p. 17 figs. 11, 12, 15, 95-99, 101

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilyBibionoidea
familyBibionidae
subfamilyHesperininae(Walker 1848)
genusPenthetria
speciesnigra

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 nigra Statz 1943
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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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Chattian or 28.10000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 2828.4 - 23.03Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Penthetria nigra (71942)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Penthetria nigra, Penthetria sp 1 (122010)