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Penthetria amoena

Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Taxonomy
Protomyia amoena was named by Heer (1849). Its type specimen is SMNK Oe. 170 Inv. 1247, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Oeningen (Carlsruhe collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Penthetria amoena by Evenhuis (1994), Skartveit and Pika (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Protomyia amoena Heer p. 237 figs. Pl 17, fig 4
1864Protomyia speciosa Heer p. 395 fig. 312
1931Protomyia amoena Pongrácz p. 121
1994Penthetria amoena Evenhuis p. 128
1994Penthetria speciosa Evenhuis p. 129
2014Penthetria amoena Skartveit and Pika p. 123 figs. 42-45

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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
speciesamoena()

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 amoena Heer 1849
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Invalid names: Protomyia speciosa Heer 1864 [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: Sarmatian or 12.80000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Protomyia amoena (type locality: 115305) Protomyia speciosa (117252)