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Bibio atavus

Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Taxonomy
Bibio atavus was named by Cockerell (1909) [type not specified: material is from "Miocene shales of Florissant, very abundant"]. It is a compression fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Bibio atavus Cockerell p. 173
1937Bibio atavus James p. 242
1994Bibio atavus Evenhuis p. 123

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
orderDiptera
RankNameAuthor
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilyBibionoidea
familyBibionidae
subfamilyBibioninae
tribeBibionini
subtribeBibionina
genusBibio
speciesatavus

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.

†Bibio atavus Cockerell 1909
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available