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Bibio giganteus

Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Taxonomy
Bibio giganteus was named by Unger (1841). Its type specimen is SLJG 77605, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Radoboj (Grätz Collection), which is in a Sarmatian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in Croatia.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Bibio giganteus Unger p. 427 figs. Pl 72, fig 6
1849Bibio giganteus Heer p. 212 figs. Pl 16, fig 1
1849Bibio partschii Heer p. 216 figs. Pl 16, fig 5
1849Bibio maculatus Heer p. 219 figs. Pl 16, fig 10
1865Plecia heroica von Heyden and von Heyden p. 29 figs. Pl 8, fig 16
1928Penthetria partschi Pongrácz p. 172 figs. 38, 40, 41
1928Bibio maculatus Pongrácz p. 184 figs. 42g, 48
1994Bibio heroica Evenhuis
1994Bibio partschii Evenhuis p. 125
2020Bibio giganteus Skartveit and Krizmanić p. 364 figs. 12-14, 32, 33
2021Bibio giganteus Skartveit and Wedmann p. 47 figs. 74, 193

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
orderDiptera
RankNameAuthor
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilyBibionoidea
familyBibionidae
subfamilyBibioninae
tribeBibionini
subtribeBibionina
genusBibio
speciesgiganteus

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.

†Bibio giganteus Unger 1841
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Invalid names: Bibio maculatus Heer 1849 [synonym], Bibio partschii Heer 1849 [synonym], Plecia heroica von Heyden and von Heyden 1865 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available