Plecia parisiensis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Nematocera
Infraordo: Bibionomorpha
Superfamilia: Bibionoidea

Familia: Bibionidae
Genus: Plecia

Species: †Plecia parisiensis
Name

Plecia parisiensis Gee et al., 2001

Type locality

Ypresian (Sparnacian); Le Quesnoy, Chevrière, region of Creil, Oise department, Paris Basin, France.
Type material

Holotype: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 43 Rue Cuvier, 75231 Paris V, France (PA 74)(2/5) ♂
Paratype: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 43 Rue Cuvier, 75231 Paris V, France (PA 74)(3/5) ♂
Paratype: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 43 Rue Cuvier, 75231 Paris V, France (PA 74)(4/5) ♀
Paratype: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 43 Rue Cuvier, 75231 Paris V, France (PA 2530) (1/2) ♂

References

Gee, J.; Nel, A.; Menier, J.-J.; De Ploëg, G. 2001: A new lovebug fly (Insecta, Diptera) from the lowermost Eocene amber of the Paris Basin. Geodiversitas, 23: 341–348. PDF