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Penthetria nervisinuata

Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Taxonomy
Plecia nervisinuata was named by Theobald (1937). Its type specimen is Coll Inst. Geol. Lyon A 70, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Aix-en-Provence (Inst. Geol. Lyon), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - large limestone in the Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of France.

It was recombined as Penthetria nervisinuata by Skartveit and Nel (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Plecia nervisinuata Theobald p. 339 figs. Pl XXII fig 20
2017Penthetria nervisinuata Skartveit and Nel p. 32 figs. 16, 17, 98-102

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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
speciesnervisinuata()

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 nervisinuata Theobald 1937
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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: base of the MP 23 to the top of the Chattian or 33.90000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 2333.9 - 28.4France Penthetria nervisinuata (157327) Plecia nervisinuata (122536)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Penthetria nervisinuata (122501 122876) Plecia nervisinuata (138838)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Plecia nervisinuata (type locality: 122488)