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Hesperinus heeri
Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae
Taxonomy
Protomyia heeri was named by von Heyden and von Heyden (1865). Its type specimen is NHMUK In 58817, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Rott (Krantz Bonn coll), which is in a MP 30 lacustrine - large shale in the Rott Formation of Germany.
It was recombined as Plecia heeri by Evenhuis (1994); it was recombined as Hesperinus heeri by Skartveit and Wedmann (2021).
It was recombined as Plecia heeri by Evenhuis (1994); it was recombined as Hesperinus heeri by Skartveit and Wedmann (2021).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1865 | Protomyia heeri von Heyden and von Heyden p. 28 figs. Pl 8, fig 15 |
| 1915 | Protomyia elegantula Meunier p. 226 fig. 6 |
| 1943 | Penthetria rottensis Statz p. 40 figs. Pl III fig 27; Pl X fig 83 |
| 1943 | Penthetria scita Statz pp. 40-41 figs. Pl III fig 23; Pl X fig 84 |
| 1994 | Plecia elegantula Evenhuis |
| 1994 | Plecia heeri Evenhuis |
| 2021 | Hesperinus heeri Skartveit and Wedmann p. 12 figs. 1-5, 85-90 |
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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.
†Hesperinus heeri von Heyden and von Heyden 1865
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Invalid names: Penthetria rottensis Statz 1943 [synonym], Penthetria scita Statz 1943 [synonym], Plecia elegantula Meunier 1915 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: Chattian or 28.10000 to 23.03000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| MP 30 | Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) | Protomyia elegantula (138696) | |
| MP 30 | Germany | Protomyia heeri (type locality: 123945) | |
| Chattian | Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) | Penthetria rottensis, Penthetria scita, Plecia sp. 8 (122010) |