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Penthetria gigantea

Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Taxonomy
Plecia gigantea was named by Theobald (1937). Its type specimen is NMB F1380, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Kleinkembs, which is in a Rupelian lacustrine - large marl/limestone in the Salt Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Penthetria gigantea by Skartveit and Nel (2017) and Skartveit and Wedmann (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Plecia gigantea Theobald p. 226 figs. Pl XVI fig 10, 11; Pl VI fig 9, 10
1937Plecia crassiventris Theobald p. 227 figs. Pl XVI fig 18
1937Plecia miegi Theobald p. 232 figs. Pl V fig 16, 19; Pl VI fig 1, 13; Pl XVII fig 14
1937Plecia luteipennis Theobald p. 233 figs. Pl V fig 6; Pl XVII fig 15
2017Penthetria gigantea Skartveit and Nel p. 24 figs. 6-9, 78-80
2021Penthetria gigantea Skartveit and Wedmann p. 15 fig. 9

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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
speciesgigantea()

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 gigantea Theobald 1937
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Invalid names: Plecia crassiventris Theobald 1937 [synonym], Plecia luteipennis Theobald 1937 [synonym], Plecia miegi Theobald 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available