Penthetria murchisonii (Unger, 1842)

(Figs. 5, 25)

Bibio Murchisonii Unger, 1842: 426 .

Bibiopsis Murchisonis (Unger, 1842) Heer, 1849: 230 .

Penthetria Murchisoei (Unger, 1842) Loew, 1868: 186 .

Penthetria Murchisoni (Unger, 1842) Handlirsch, 1907: 959 .

Bibio murchisonis Unger, 1842 Evenhuis, 1994: 125 .

Type material: Holotype (female, SLJG 77466), probable paratype (female) GBA 2009/016/0214.

Additional material: 1 female in NHMW (1852 XXIX 45), 1 unnumbered female (feeble impression). Heer (1849) mentioned 9 specimens, 8 in Vienna and one in Graz. Additionally, there is one female (1852. I.1011) in NHMW labeled as Bibiopsis murchisoni, this is Bibio sp.

Male unknown.

Female: Total length 9.9 mm

Head: Width 1.06 mm. Dark brown, oval, a little wider than long. Complex eye not prominent.

Thorax: Length 2.5 mm, width 1.9 mm. Brownish-black, rather short and wide, sulci fine, sharp and distinctive. Pile not apparent. Halter brown.

Wing (Fig. 25): Length 9.8 mm, width 3.2 mm. Brown fumose, rather narrow and pointed. Veins dark brown, distinctive, pterostigma indistinctive. Subcosta distinctive, long and straight. R 2+3 long, slightly oblique. Costa extends a little beyond apex of R 4+5. Vein measurements: Subcosta 5.8 mm, basal R 2.6 mm, distal R 1 3.6 mm, basal R s 1.8 mm, distal R s 0.7 mm, R 2+3 2.2 mm, R 4+5 4.4 mm, R-M 0.4 mm, basal M 3.0 mm, distal M 0.5 mm, M 1 3.0 mm, M 2 2.2 mm, M-Cu 0.25 mm, CuA 2.1 mm, CuA 1 3.9 mm, CuA 2 3.0 mm.

Legs: Black.

Abdomen: Length 6.7 mm, width 2.4 mm. Brownish-black, slightly conical.