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Bibio brevis
Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae
Taxonomy
Bibio brevis was named by Heer (1849). Its type specimen is ETHZ Pl. I 856, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Oeningen (Lavater'schen collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany.
It was recombined as Mesomyia brevis by Pongrácz (1928); it was recombined as Lithosomyia brevis by Carpenter (1986).
It was recombined as Mesomyia brevis by Pongrácz (1928); it was recombined as Lithosomyia brevis by Carpenter (1986).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1849 | Bibio brevis Heer p. 225 figs. Pl 16, fig 16 |
| 1849 | Bibio oblongus Heer p. 227 figs. Pl 16, fig 18 |
| 1928 | Mesomyia brevis Pongrácz p. 174 fig. 42d |
| 1986 | Lithosomyia brevis Carpenter p. 576 |
| 2004 | Bibio brevis Fitzgerald p. 283 |
| 2014 | Bibio brevis Skartveit and Pika p. 107 figs. 5-16 |
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available