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Plecia nana

Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Taxonomy
Penthetria nana was named by Handlirsch (1910). It is an impression. Its type locality is Tulameen river, opposite Vermilion bluff, which is in a Ypresian lacustrine horizon in the Allenby Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Plecia nana by Rice (1959).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Penthetria nana Handlirsch p. 111 figs. 16, 17
1959Plecia nana Rice p. 10 figs. Pl I fig 8; Fig 3 No. 15ab

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilyBibionoidea
familyBibionidae
subfamilyPleciinaeDuda 1930
genusPleciaWiedemann 1823
speciesnana()

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.

†Plecia nana Handlirsch 1910
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available