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
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-01-19
4909
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journal article
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Plecia grossa
(
Heyden & Heyden, 1865
)
(figs. 32, 120–121)
Protomyia grossa
Heyden & Heyden, 1865: 22
.
Localities
: Rott.
Material examined
:
Holotype
(female)
NHMUK
In 58791 (figs. 32, 120). The
holotype
is a rather faint impression.
Additional material (all females): LACMIP 2533.272/LACMIP
Type
3404 (figured specimen), LACMIP 2533.1165, 2533.1198, 2533.1211, 2533.1220, 2533.1225, 2533.1226, 2533.1228, 2533.1229, 2533.1274, 2533.1290, 2533.1295, 2533.1305, 2533.1310, 2533.1318, 2533.1325, 2533.2239. Isolated wings: LACMIP 2533.1085, 2533.1162, 2533.1179, 2533.1180, 2533.1181, 2533.1187, 2533.1302.
Description
:
Female (N= 25, figs. 32, 120–121):
Total length
6.6–8.5 mm
(N=13)
Head: Length
0.77–1.01 mm
(N=11), width
0.77–1.03 mm
(N=9). Brown. Ocellar tubercle rather large. Complex eye oval, medium-sized. Flagellum
0.47–0.68 mm
long (N=10),
0.10–0.14 mm
wide (N=9) conical, relatively slender, segments not possible to count in
holotype
, 8–9-segmented in additional specimens. Palpus with last segment cylindrical.
Thorax: Length
1.9–2.6 mm
(N=15), width 1.7–2.0 mm (N=8=), brown, haltere brownish-yellow.
Legs: Light brown, slender. Fore femur
1.5–2.1 mm
long (N=4),
0.40 mm
wide (N=1), fore tibia
1.6–2.3 mm
long (N=7),
0.23–0.24 mm
wide (N=4), first fore tarsomere
0.81–1.01 mm
long (N=4), hind femur 2.0 mm long (N=1), hind tibia
2.2–2.6 mm
long (N=3).
Wing (fig. 121): Length 6.0–
7.8 mm
(N=23), width
2.6–3.1 mm
(N=22), length/width = 2.27–2.71 (N=22), brownish fumose, costal cell somewhat darker, veins brown, fine. Humeral vein present, oblique. Pterostigma very indistinctive. Subcosta distinctive, straight, running well separated from R.
Costa
extends well beyond apex of R
4+5,
almost half-way to apex of M
1
. R
2+3
short to medium-length, basally nearly vertical, bent in middle. R
4+5
gently curved. Fork of M asymmetrical, M
1
strongly curved, M
2
nearly straight. CuA-veins apically straight. CuP basally strong, fading towards but reaching wing margin. Vein measurements are given in
Table 4
.
Abdomen: Length 4.0–
6.1 mm
(N=15), width
1.8–2.5 mm
(N=14), dark brown, robust. Cerci fine and small.
Male unknown.