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Penthetria longa

Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Taxonomy
Protomyia longa was named by Heer (1849). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Radoboj (K.K. Montanistischen Collection), which is in a Sarmatian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in Croatia.

It was recombined as Plecia longa by Theobald (1937); it was recombined as Penthetria longa by Evenhuis (1994) and Skartveit and Krizmanić (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Protomyia longa Heer p. 233 figs. Pl 16, fig 20
1870Protomyia longa Oustalet p. 139 figs. Pl 5, fig 16
1937Plecia longa Theobald p. 136 figs. Pl II fig 9
1994Penthetria longa Evenhuis
2020Penthetria longa Skartveit and Krizmanić p. 356 figs. 4, 24

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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
specieslonga()

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 longa Heer 1849
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Sarmatian or 38.00000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France Plecia longa (113709)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1France (Auvergne) Protomyia longa (127630)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Croatia Penthetria longa (117247) Protomyia longa (117246 type locality: 117761)