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Plecia gracillima

Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Taxonomy
Plecia gracillima was named by Förster (1891). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Brunstatt, horizon d4, which is in an Oligocene lacustrine - large marl in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Plecia gracillima Förster p. 480 figs. Pl 14, fig 25

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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
speciesgracillima

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 gracillima Förster 1891
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available