A Revision of fossil Bibionidae (Insecta: Diptera) from the Oligocene of Germany
Author
Skartveit, John
0000-0001-7614-3399
Author
Wedmann, Sonja
0000-0002-9778-4125
edmann@senckenberg.de
text
Zootaxa
2021
2021-01-19
4909
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1
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journal article
8640
10.11646/zootaxa.4909.1.1
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Plecia winnertzi
(
Heyden & Heyden, 1865
)
(figs. 61, 172–173)
Protomyia Winnertzi
Heyden & Heyden 1865: 21–22
.
Localities
: Rott.
Material examined
:
Holotype
(female)
NHMUK
In 58790 (fig. 61)
Additional material: LACMIP 2533 298abc (three specimens)
Description
:
Female (N=5, figs. 61, 172–173):
Total length
6.5–9.2 mm
(N=5)
Head (fig. 173): Length
0.76–0.91 mm
(N=3), width 0,87–
0.89 mm
(N=2). Black. Ocellar tubercle rather small. Antennal flagellum slender, 8-segmented.
Thorax (fig. 173): Length
1.9–2.8 mm
(N=5). Brownish-black, haltere brown.
Legs: Femora brownish-yellow, fore and mid-tibiae and tarsi brown. Hind tibia brownish-yellow. Fore femur
1.5 mm
long,
0.34 mm
wide (N=1), fore tibia
1.5–1.6 mm
long,
0.20–0.21 mm
wide (N=2), fore first tarsomere
0.83 mm
long (N=1), hind tibia
2.3 mm
long (N=1), hind first tarsomere
0.85 mm
long (N=1).
Wing (fig. 172): Length
6.4–8.1 mm
, width
2.5–3.3 mm
, length/width = 2.3–2.6 (N=5), light brown fumose, costal cell darkened. Pterostigma broadly oval, brown, not conspicuous. Humeral vein present, oblique. Subcosta straight, running well clear of R.
Costa
extends to about one-third distance between apices of R
4+5
and M
1
. R
2+3
oblique, almost straight. R
4+5
apically gently curved. R-M vertical. Fork of M nearly symmetrical, narrow, M-veins apically nearly straight. CuA
1
straight, CuA
2
apically distintictly bent basad, converging towards CuP.
Abdomen: Length
4.7–6.6 mm
(N=5), width 2.0–
2.6 mm
(N=2), brownish-black. Cerci relatively large, rounded. Last sternite with deep, U-shaped cleft.
Male unknown.