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Plecia foersteri

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8639895https://www.gbif.org/species/8639895
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)210895https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=210895
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Bibionidae : Plecia : Plecia foersteri
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Bibionidae : Plecia : Plecia foersteri
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalová-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
-Dicondylia
-ParanotaliaSroka et al. 2014
subclassPterygotaBrauer 1885
-NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
-Holometabola
-Aparaglossata
-Mecopterida
superorderAntliophora
orderDipteraLinnaeus 1758
-NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilyBibionoideaFleming 1821
familyBibionidaeFleming 1821
subfamilyPleciinaeDuda 1930
genusPleciaWiedemann 1823
speciesPlecia foersteriTheobald 1937
Generic NamePlecia
Scientific NamePlecia foersteri Theobald, 1937
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Plecia foersterispeciesbelongs to Pleciastated with evidenceTheobald, 1937
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Last Recorded Appearance28.1 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)N. Theobald. 1937. Les insectes fossiles des terrains oligocènes de France. Bulletin Mensuel (Mémoires) de la Société des Sciences de Nancy 1:1-473

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Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Plecia oviformis Theobald, 1937GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Bibionidae : Plecia : Plecia oviformis
Plecia splendida Theobald, 1937GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Bibionidae : Plecia : Plecia splendida

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1937Plecia foersteri Theobald pp. 73, 230 figs. Pl VI fig 8; Pl XVII fig 4-9; Pl XI fig 11
1937Plecia splendida Theobald p. 137 figs. Pl II fig 14, 5; Pl XI fig 6, 3
1937Plecia oviformis Theobald p. 229 figs. Pl V fig 10; Pl XVII fig 2
2017Plecia foersteri Skartveit and Nel p. 42 figs. 25-28, 119-122

References

Theobald N. (1937) Les insectes fossiles des terrains oligocènes de France, Bulletin Mensuel (Mémoires) de la Société des Sciences de Nancy 1, 1-473
Skartveit J., Nel A. (2017) Revision of fossil Bibionidae (Insecta: Diptera) from French Oligocene deposits, Zootaxa 4225, 1-83
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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