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Penthetria nervisinuata

Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Taxonomy
Plecia nervisinuata was named by Theobald (1937). Its type specimen is Coll Inst. Geol. Lyon A 70, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Aix-en-Provence (Inst. Geol. Lyon), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - large limestone in the Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of France.

It was recombined as Penthetria nervisinuata by Skartveit and Nel (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Plecia nervisinuata Theobald p. 339 figs. Pl XXII fig 20
2017Penthetria nervisinuata Skartveit and Nel p. 32 figs. 16, 17, 98-102

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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
speciesnervisinuata()

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 nervisinuata Theobald 1937
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Diagnosis
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