Plecia pictipennis

†Plecia pictipennis hypotype

†Penthetria lambei holotype

†Penthetria ovalis holotype

†Penthetria separanda 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 pictipennis

Name

• †Plecia pictipennis (Handlirsch) Rice, 1959 Plate III, figures 2, 5, 8; Plate IV, figures 4, 6; Figure 7, Nos. 1-11; Figure 8, Nos. 1-4

Synonyms

• †Penthetria pictipennis Handlirsch, 1910 Contr. to Canadian Palaeo., Geol. Surv., Canada, Mem. 12, pp. 117-118, fig. 25 (protonym)

• †Penthetria lambei Handlirsch, 1910 Contr. to Canadian Palaeo., Geol. Surv., Canada, Mem. 12, pp. 116, 117, fig. 23

• †Penthetria ovalis Handlirsch, 1910 Contr. to Canadian Palaeo., Geol. Surv., Canada, Mem. 12, p. 117, fig. 24

• †Penthetria separanda Handlirsch, 1910 Contr. to Canadian Palaeo., Geol. Surv., Canada, Mem. 12, pp. 112, 113, fig. 18

Type locality

• Early Eocene Ypresian; Eocene Okanagan Highlands; Princeton Group, Allenby Formation; opposite Vermilion Cliff (L7b) Tulameen River, Pleasant Valley, Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, British Columbia, Canada

Type material

• Lectotype:GSC 7256
  • Repository: Geological Survey of Canada collections, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • Collector: Lawrence Morris Lambe, 1906

• Paratype:GSC 7254
  • Repository: Geological Survey of Canada collections, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • Collector:Lawrence Morris Lambe, 1906

• ⧼Hypotype⧽:GSC 7266
  • Repository: Geological Survey of Canada collections, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • Collector:Lawrence Morris Lambe, 1906
      • Note: Holotype of †Penthetria lambei

• ⧼Hypotype⧽:GSC 7267
  • Repository: Geological Survey of Canada collections, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • Collector:Lawrence Morris Lambe, 1906
      • Note: Holotype of †Penthetria ovalis

• ⧼Hypotype⧽:GSC 7262
  • Repository: Geological Survey of Canada collections, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • Collector:Lawrence Morris Lambe, 1906
      • Note: Holotype of †Penthetria separanda

• ⧼Hypotypes⧽:GSC 7262, 7267, 14472-14481.
  • Repository: Geological Survey of Canada collections, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • Collectors: Lawrence Morris Lambe, 1906; W. Shaw, 1951; W. L. Fry, 1956-1957

Etymology

• none given

Distribution

Eocene

• Ypresian
• Eocene Okanagan Highlands
  • Kamloops Group, Coldwater Beds; Quilchena area outcrops circa 1906 (L5a), Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
  • 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
  • Ootsa group, unnamed shale beds "Driftwood shales, Driftwood Beds, or Driftwood Canyon Shales"; East Bank of 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; 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; "Azolla locality" on China Creek (Asp Creek) (L7l), Tulameen River, Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, British Columbia, Canada
  • Princeton Group, Allenby Formation; 25 ft (7.6 m) up the Tulameen River bank (L7m), 400 yd (370 m) west of the old Pleasant Valley mine portal, Tulameen River, Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, British Columbia, Canada

References

Primary references

• 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

• 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 pictipennis Handlirsch 1910 (love bug) – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.

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