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
1
1
77
journal article
8640
10.11646/zootaxa.4909.1.1
fa031765-b474-48aa-9d7e-b62dd092cfa4
1175-5326
4448697
92ECCF97-7315-4A1A-A94A-537D0F331EBF
Bibio vulpinus
Statz, 1943
(figs. 80–81, 203–204)
Bibio vulpina
Statz, 1943: 49
.
Bibio
Ƌ
Nr. 3
Statz, 1943: 53
.
Bibio
Ƌ
Nr. 5
Statz, 1943: 55
.
Bibio vulpinus
Statz:
Evenhuis 1994: 126
.
FIG.
80.
Bibio vulpinus
¸female
. Holotype of
Bibio vulpina
Statz, 1943
. LACMIP 2533.245 / LACMIP Type 3375.
FIG.
81.
Bibio vulpinus
, male. Illustrated specimen of
Bibio
sp.5
Statz, 1943
. LACMIP 2533.2227.
FIG.
82.
Bibio xylophilus
, female. Syntype(?) of
Bibio xylophilus
Germar, 1837
. STIPB A 600.
FIG.
83.
Bibiodes
sp., female from Kleinkems, NHMB F 2136.
FIG.
84.
Dilophus
sp., female. LACMIP 2533.1196.
Localities
: Rott
Material examined
:
Holotype
(female) of
Bibio vulpina
LACMIP 2533.245ab / LACMIP Type 3375 (fig. 80).
Additional material, males: LACMIP 2533.228/ LACMIP
Type
3358 (fig. 81, depicted specimen of
Bibio
Ƌ
Nr. 3), 2533.230/ LACMIP
Type
3360 (depicted specimen of
Bibio
Ƌ
Nr. 5), 2533.2227, 2533.2234.
Description
:
Female (N=1, figs. 80, 203–204):
Total length
13.3 mm
Head (fig. 204): Length
1.2 mm
, width
0.9 mm
. Rather small, dark brown. Antenna cylindrical and rather slender, flagellum
0.7 mm
long,
0.16 mm
wide, 7-segmented?, palpus rather long, terminal segment slender and cylindrical. Complex eye rather large, occupying most of side of head, not protruding.
Thorax: (fig. 204) Lenght
3.2 mm
, width
2.6 mm
. Blackish-brown.
Legs: Light brown, tarsi apically darkened, rather robust. Fore leg not preserved. Hind femur
2.9 mm
long,
0.6 mm
wide, clavate, robust, hind tibia 3.0 mm long,
0.4 mm
wide, relatively slender with long, straight, dark-tipped spur. Hind first tarsomere
1.1 mm
long,
0.25 mm
wide.
Wing: Length
7.9 mm
. Hyaline, veins fine, dark brown and distinctive thoughout. Pterostigma oval, dark brown and distinctive. Subcosta long, fine and straight.
Costa
extends to apex of R
4+5.
Basal Rs about three times as long as R-M. R
4+5
curved. Fork of M rather narrow, M-veins apically straight, crossvein dM-Cu meets M at furcation. CuAveins not preserved. Vein measurements are given in
Table 5
.
Abdomen: Length
9.3 mm
, width
2.7 mm
. Dark brown, a little spindle-shaped. Last tergite apically gently concave. Cerci rounded.
Male (N=4, fig. 81):
Total length
7.8–10.5 mm
(N=3).
Head: Length
1.3–1.9 mm
(N=3), width
1.6 mm
(N=1). Ocellar tubercle small, antenna robust, flagellar segments not possible to count but not many
Thorax: Length
2.8–3.1 mm
(N=3), width
2.4 mm
(N=1), brownish-black, haltere brownish yellow.
Legs: stout and robust, light brown. Fore femur length
1.8 mm
, width
0.6 mm
(N=1). Fore tibia length
1.7–2.1 mm
(N=2), relatively slender. Hind femur
2.8–2.9 mm
long (N=2),
0.5–0.7 mm
wide (N=2), robust, clavate, hind tibia 2.3–3.0 mm long (N=3),
0.5–0.6 mm
wide (N=2), robust, spur very short. Hind first tarsomere
0.7 mm
long,
0.4 mm
wide (N=1), thick, spindle-shaped, more distal tarsomeres short and stout.
Wing: Length
5.7–6.6 mm
(N=2), width
2.5 mm
(N=1), length/width = 2.7 (N=1). Hyaline, R-veins brown, posterior veins colourless. Pterostigma small, brown, moderately distinctive.
Costa
extends to apex of R
4+5
.
Subcosta straight
, indistinctive. Humeral vein not apparent. Basal Rs two to three times as long as R-M. R
4+5
strongly curved. Posterior veins scarcely possible to see
.
Abdomen: Length
5.2–5.9 mm
(N=2), width 2.0 mm, black, slightly conical.
Terminalia: Gonocoxites yellowish-brown. Epandrium apparently with pointed lobes, indentation between them relatively narrow and U-shaped. Gonostylus sickle-shaped as usual for genus, relatively small and slender. Hypopygium width
1.1–1.2 mm
(N=2), gonostylus length
0.5 mm
(N=1).