Penthetria intermedia

†Penthetria intermedia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bibionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Nematocera Infraordo: Bibionomorpha Superfamilia: Bibionoidea

Familia: Bibionidae
Subfamilia: Pleciinae
Genus: Penthetria
Species: †Penthetria intermedia

Name

• †Penthetria intermedia (Scudder), U.S. Geol. Surv., Bull. 93, p. 20, Plate II, 5, 1892

Synonymy

• †Mycetophaetus intermedius Scudder 1892 (protonym)
• †Plecia intermedia (Scudder) Rice, 1959

Type locality

• Eocene, Priabonian/Chadronian; Florissant Formation; Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, near Florissant, Teller County, Colorado, USA

Type material

• Holotype:MCZ 3494 part & counterpart (old number "Scudder 7391")
  • Repository: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States

• ⧼Hypotype⧽:GSC 14425
  • Repository: Geological Survey of Canada collections, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Collector:W. L. Fry, 1957

Etymology

• None given

Distribution

Eocene

• Ypresian
• Eocene Okanagan Highlands
  • ?Ootsa group, unnamed shale beds "Driftwood shales, Driftwood Beds, or Driftwood Canyon Shales"; East bank shale cliffs (L1b, L1c), Driftwood Creek , Near Smithers, Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako, British Columbia, Canada
• Priabonian/Chadronian
  • Florissant Formation; Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, near Florissant, Teller County, Colorado, USA

References

Primary references

• Scudder, S.H. (1892). Some insects of special interest from Florissant, Colorado, and other points in the Tertiaries of Colorado and Utah (PDF). Professional Paper. Vol. 93. United States Geological Survey. pp. 1–35, 3 plates. doi:10.3133/b93. 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. 
• Fitzgerald, S. J. 1999. A new species of Plecia from the Green River Formation and new combinations of fossil Bibionidae (Diptera).. Great Basin Naturalist 59: 182–187. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.15821. ISSN 0017-3614.  Reference page. 

Links

• Penthetria intermedia – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.

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