Revision of fossil Bibionidae (Insecta: Diptera) from French Oligocene deposits
Author
Skartveit, John
Author
Nel, André
text
Zootaxa
2017
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journal article
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10.5281/zenodo.259087
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Plecia conica
Théobald, 1937
(Figs. 29–30, 114–118)
Plecia conica
Théobald, 1937
: 232
.
Plecia haennii
Gentilini, 1993
: 164
. Syn.n.
Material.
Holotype (male) of
Plecia conica
NMB F1398/1, paratype (male) of
Plecia conica
NMB F1398/2. Nontype material (3 males) NMB F2090, (RGL) Dauphin 12, Saint-Maime 23
Plecia conica
may quite possibly be the male of
Plecia foersteri
(next species).
Localities.
Bois d’Asson, Kleinkembs.
FIGURES 110–113.
Plecia bucklandi
(Heer, 1849)
Fig. 110. Female, wing. ETHZ Aix 142.
Fig. 111
. Male, wing. NHMUK In 39832.
Fig. 112
. Female, head and thorax, lateral. ETHZ Aix 142.
Fig. 113
. Female, head and thorax, dorsal. NHMUK In 39832.
FIGURES 114–118.
Plecia conica
Théobald, 1937
. Fig. 114. Male, wing. NMB F2090.
Fig. 115
. Male, habitus, lateral. RGL Dauphín 12.
Fig. 116
. Male, habitus, dorsal. RGL Saint Maime 23’.
Fig. 117
. Male, terminalia, dorsal. RGL Dauphín 12.
Fig. 118
. Male, terminalia, lateral.
NMB
F1398/2.
Diagnosis.
A small
Plecia
(total length
5–7 mm
). Antennal flagellum 8-segmented. Male epandrium domeshaped, gonostylus very robust, apically expanded.
Redescription.
Male (figs. 29–30, 115–116): Total length 5.0
–
7.0 mm (N=4).
Head: Length
0.85
–
0.90 mm
(N=2), width
0.93 mm
(N=1). Antennal flagellum 8-segmented. Ocellar tubercle rather small.
Thorax: Length
1.7
–
2.2 mm
(N=3), width
1.5 mm
(N=1). Black. Haltere yellowish-brown.
Wing (fig. 114): Length 4.8
–
5.0 mm (N=3), width 2.0
–
2.1 mm
(N=2), length/width = 2.39
–
2.50 (N=2), elliptical. Light brownish fumose, veins fine and light brown. Pterostigma very indistinctive. R2+3 straight and oblique. Apex of R4+5 slightly curved.
Legs: Slender, pale brown. Length of fore tibia
1.6 mm
(N=1), hind femur
1.9 mm
(N=1), hind tibia 2.0 mm (N=1), hind first tarsomere
0.7 mm
(N=1).
Abdomen: Length
3.3
–
4.6 mm
(N=3). Brown, conical.
Terminalia (figs. 117–118): Hypopygium width
0.57
–
0.72 mm
(N=2). Gonostylus
0.26
–
0.32 mm
long (N=2), strong, clavate, thickened apically. Epandrium mesally with a shallow indentation.
Female unknown.