Plecia cairnesi

†Plecia cairnesi holotype

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: Plecia
Species: †Plecia cairnesi

Name

• †Plecia cairnesi Rice, 1959 Plate II, figures 3, 7; Figure 3, Nos. 17-19

Type locality

• Early Eocene Ypresian; Eocene Okanagan Highlands; Ootsa group, unnamed shale beds "Driftwood shales, Driftwood Beds, or Driftwood Canyon Shales"; 1.45 mi (2.33 km) from schoolhouse (L1a), East Bank of Driftwood Creek, near Smithers, Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako, British Columbia, Canada

Type material

• Holotype:GSC 14432
  • Repository: Geological Survey of Canada collections, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • Collector: A. H. Lang, 1939

• Paratypes:GSC 14433-14434
  • Repository: Geological Survey of Canada collections, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • Collectors:C. E. Cairnes and S. S. Holland, 1932; A. H. Lang, 1939

Etymology

• "Named in honour of the late Dr. C. E. Cairnes."

Distribution

Eocene

• Ypresian
• Eocene Okanagan Highlands
  • Ootsa group, unnamed shale beds "Driftwood shales, Driftwood Beds, or Driftwood Canyon Shales"; 1.45 mi (2.33 km) from schoolhouse (L1a), East Bank of Driftwood Creek, near Smithers, Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako, British Columbia, Canada
  • Tranquille Formation?, Kamloops Group; Northwest of Falkland (L4), Thompson-Nicola region, south-central British Columbia, Canada

References

Primary references

• 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

• 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

• †Plecia cairnesi Rice, 1959 (love bug) – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.

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