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
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journal article
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Penthetria aestimata
Statz, 1943
(figs. 6–7, 91–94)
Penthetria aestimata
Statz, 1943: 39
.
Localities
: Rott
Material examined
:
Syntypes
LACMIP 2533.249 / LACMIP Type 3379 (female) (fig. 6), LACMIP 2533.250 / LACMIP Type 3380 (male, part and counterpart, fig. 7)
Additional material: LACMIP 2533.251/LACMIP
Type
3381 (female), LACMIP 2533.1260ab (male).
Description
:
Female (N=2, figs. 6, 91, 93–94):
Total length
11.2 mm
(N=1)
Head (fig. 93): Width
1.2 mm
. Brownish-black, rather short and wide. Antenna nearly as long as head width, flagellum 1.0 mm long,
0.23 mm
wide, conical, 8-segmented, ultimate flagellomere small. Complex eye rather small.
Thorax: Length
2.9 mm
, width
2.2 mm
. Brownish-black, humeri brown, haltere light brown.
Legs: Brown, slender. Fore femur
2.3 mm
long,
0.38 mm
wide, hind femur
2.9 mm
long,
0.44 mm
wide, hind tibia
3.5 mm
long,
0.30 mm
wide.
Wing (fig. 91): Length
9.8 mm
, width
3.4 mm
, length/width = 2.9. Oval overall shape, light brownish fumose, veins brown throughout, distinctive, R-veins strong, posterior veins considerably finer. Pterostigma oval, brown, not highly distinctive. Costal cell slightly darkened. Humeral vein present, oblique. Subcosta prominent, long and straight. R
2+3
long, horizontal, sharply bent near base, slightly sinuous.
Costa
extends to apex of R
4+5,
which is evenly, gently curved. Crossvein R-M short and vertical, much closer to R
2+3
than to R
1
. Fork of M a little rounded. Crossvein bM-Cu joins M far basad to R-M. CuA-veins fine, CuA
2
apically a little bent basad. CuP fine and straight, reaches wing margin. A
1
visible basally only. Vein measurements are given in
Table 3
.
Abdomen (fig. 94): Length
8.5 mm
, width
2.3 mm
. Dark brown, conical. Cerci two-segmented, terminal segment slender and pointed.
Male (N=2, figs. 7, 92):
Head: Width
1.3 mm
. Dark brown, antennal flagellum
0.67 mm
long,
0.16 mm
wide..
Thorax: Length
3.1 mm
. Brownish-black, haltere light brown.
Legs: Brown, slender. Fore femur 2.0 mm long,
0.30 mm
wide, hind femur 3.0 mm long,
0.42 mm
wide.
Wing (fig. 92): Length 8.0 mm, width
2.4 mm
, length/width = 3.4. Yellowish-brown fumose, darker than in female. Venation as in female, vein measurements are given in
Table 3
.
Abdomen: Width
1.5 mm
. Basally rather wide, tapering in the middle. Terminalia not preserved.