Plecia curtula
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Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Bibionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Bibionidae
Subfamilia: Pleciinae
Genus: Plecia
Species: †Plecia curtula
Name
[edit]- †Plecia curtula (Handlirsch) Rice, 1959 Plate I, figure 8; Figure 3, No. 15a, b
Synonyms
[edit]- †Penthetria curtula Handlirsch, 1910 Contr. to Canadian Palaeo., Geol. Surv., Canada, Mem. 12, pp. 119, 120, fig. 27 (protonym)
- †Penthetria avunculus Handlirsch, 1910 Contr. to Canadian Palaeo., Geol. Surv., Canada, Mem. 12, 114, 115, fig. 20
Type locality
[edit]- Early Eocene Ypresian; Eocene Okanagan Highlands; Unnamed sediments group; Unnamed Shale beds "Horsefly Shales"; Horsefly Mine (L2), Horsefly River Valley, Cariboo region, central British Columbia, Canada
Type material
[edit]- Holotype:GSC 7270
- Repository: Geological Survey of Canada collections, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Collector: Lawrence Morris Lambe, 1906
- Repository: Geological Survey of Canada collections, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- ⧼Hypotype⧽:GSC 7264
- Repository: Geological Survey of Canada collections, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Collector:Lawrence Morris Lambe, 1906
- Note: Cotype of †Penthetria avunculus
- Collector:Lawrence Morris Lambe, 1906
- Repository: Geological Survey of Canada collections, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- ⧼Hypotypes⧽:GSC 14427-14431
- Repository: Geological Survey of Canada collections, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Collectors: Lawrence Morris Lambe, 1906; W. Shaw, 1951; W. L. Fry, 1956-1957
- Repository: Geological Survey of Canada collections, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Etymology
[edit]- none given
Distribution
[edit]Eocene
- Ypresian
- Eocene Okanagan Highlands
- Ootsa group, unnamed shale beds "Driftwood shales, Driftwood Beds, or Driftwood Canyon Shales"; East Bank, Driftwood Creek (L1b, L1c), Near Smithers, Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako, British Columbia, Canada
- Princeton Group, Allenby Formation; opposite Vermilion Cliff (L7b) Tulameen River, Pleasant Valley, Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, British Columbia, Canada
- Princeton Group, Allenby Formation; Tulameen River right bank (L7c), 1 mi (1.6 km) upstream of Princeton, Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, British Columbia, Canada
- Princeton Group, Allenby Formation; 40 ft (12 m) above Pleasant Valley No. 2 Mine Portal (L7g), Tulameen River, Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, British Columbia, Canada
- Princeton Group, Allenby Formation; East bank .25 ft (0.076 m) downstream of Canadian Pacific Railway bridge (L7h), Tulameen River, Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, British Columbia, Canada
- Princeton Group, Allenby Formation; East bank .25 ft (0.076 m) downstream of Canadian Pacific Railway bridge (L7h, L7k?), Tulameen River, Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, British Columbia, Canada
- Unnamed sediments group; Unnamed Shale beds "Horsefly Shales"; Horsefly Mine (L2), Horsefly River Valley, Cariboo region, central British Columbia, Canada
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Handlirsch, A. 1910. Canadian fossil Insects. 5. Insects from the Tertiary lake deposits of the southern interior of British Columbia, collected by Mr. Lawrence M. Lambe. Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology 2(3): 93–129. doi:10.4095/100486. Reference page.
- Rice, H. M. A 1959. Fossil Bibionidae (Diptera) from British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 55: 1–36. ISSN 0068-7626. https://geoscan.nrcan.gc.ca/starweb/geoscan/servlet.starweb?path=geoscan/fulle.web&search1=R=100564. Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Evenhuis, N.L. (2 April 2014). "Family BIBIONIDАЕ". Catalog of the fossil flies of the world (Insecta: Diptera) (Version 2.0). Bishopmuseum.org. Reference page.
Links
[edit]- †Plecia curtula Handlirsch 1910 (love bug) – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.
