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Penthetria egerana

Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Taxonomy
Bibiopsis egerana was named by Novák (1878). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Mokřina (Krottensee), which is in a MN 4 lacustrine - small marl in the Cypris Formation of the Czech Republic.

It was recombined as Plecia egerana by Evenhuis (1994); it was recombined as Penthetria egerana by Fitzgerald (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Bibiopsis egerana Novák p. 83 figs. Pl 1, fig 3
1994Plecia egerana Evenhuis p. 130
2004Penthetria egerana Fitzgerald

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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
speciesegerana()

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 egerana Novák 1878
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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: MN 4 or 16.90000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 416.9 - 15.97Czech Republic Bibiopsis egerana (type locality: 117612)