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Penthetria gigantea
Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae
Taxonomy
Plecia gigantea was named by Theobald (1937). Its type specimen is NMB F1380, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Kleinkembs, which is in a Rupelian lacustrine - large marl/limestone in the Salt Formation of Germany.
It was recombined as Penthetria gigantea by Skartveit and Nel (2017) and Skartveit and Wedmann (2021).
It was recombined as Penthetria gigantea by Skartveit and Nel (2017) and Skartveit and Wedmann (2021).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1937 | Plecia gigantea Theobald p. 226 figs. Pl XVI fig 10, 11; Pl VI fig 9, 10 |
| 1937 | Plecia crassiventris Theobald p. 227 figs. Pl XVI fig 18 |
| 1937 | Plecia miegi Theobald p. 232 figs. Pl V fig 16, 19; Pl VI fig 1, 13; Pl XVII fig 14 |
| 1937 | Plecia luteipennis Theobald p. 233 figs. Pl V fig 6; Pl XVII fig 15 |
| 2017 | Penthetria gigantea Skartveit and Nel p. 24 figs. 6-9, 78-80 |
| 2021 | Penthetria gigantea Skartveit and Wedmann p. 15 fig. 9 |
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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 gigantea Theobald 1937
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Invalid names: Plecia crassiventris Theobald 1937 [synonym], Plecia luteipennis Theobald 1937 [synonym], Plecia miegi Theobald 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004 | |||||