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Penthetria gracilis

Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Taxonomy
Bibio gracilis was named by Unger (1841). Its type specimen is SLJG 77464, 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.

It was recombined as Penthetria gracilis by Unger (1842) and Skartveit and Krizmanić (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Bibio gracilis Unger p. 426 figs. Pl 72, fig 4
1842Penthetria gracilis Unger
1849Bibio gracilis Heer p. 217 figs. Pl 16, fig 7
1928Bibio gracilis Pongrácz p. 184
2020Penthetria gracilis Skartveit and Krizmanić p. 355 figs. 3, 22, 23

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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
speciesgracilis()

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 gracilis Unger 1841
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available