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Penthetria brevicollis

Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Taxonomy
Bibiopsis brevicollis was named by Heer (1849). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Radoboj (K.K. Montanistischen Collection), which is in a Sarmatian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in Croatia.

It was recombined as Penthetria brevicollis by Skartveit and Pika (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Bibiopsis brevicollis Heer p. 231 figs. Pl 15, fig 26
2014Penthetria brevicollis Skartveit and Pika p. 124 figs. 46-47

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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
speciesbrevicollis()

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.

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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 (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Croatia Bibiopsis brevicollis (type locality: 117761)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Penthetria brevicollis (117252)