Plecia rhenana Heyden & Heyden, 1865

Skartveit, John & Nel, André, 2017, Revision of fossil Bibionidae (Insecta: Diptera) from French Oligocene deposits, Zootaxa 4225 (1), pp. 1-83 : 57-58

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scientific name	Plecia rhenana Heyden & Heyden, 1865
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Plecia rhenana Heyden & Heyden, 1865 View in CoL

( Fig. 49 View FIGURE 49 , 160 – 161 View FIGURES 160 – 161 )

Plecia rhenana Heyden & Heyden, 1865 View in CoL :

Plecia robusta Brongniart, 1879 View in CoL (date taken from specimen label)—presumably an unpublished cabinet name in collection of EM

Material examined. Holotype of Plecia rhenana (female) NHMUK In 38798.

Fig. 161 View FIGURES 160 – 161 . Female, head and thorax. NHMUK In 38798.

Additional material: 4 females, Coll. Coquand, EM: EM 70007, 70016, 70018, 70206 (A 10.14).

Localities. Aix-en-Provence (Rott)

The species was described from Rott , Germany. It is seemingly not present in the material from Aix in MNHN, but there are four females in Coll. Coquand, EM (temporarily stored at FSL) which are probably conspecific with the holotype.

Diagnosis.

Redescription. Male unknown.

Female: Total length 10.5 – 12.3 mm (N=4).

Head (fig. 161): Length 0.91 – 1.01 mm (N=3), width 0.97 – 1.10 mm (N=3). Flagellum length 0.68 mm (N=1).

Thorax: Length 2.8 – 3.0 mm (N=4), width 2.3 – 2.5 mm (N=3).

Wing (fig. 160): Length 8.7 – 9.5 mm (N=4), width 3.0 – 3.6 mm (N=4), length/width = 2.63 – 2.93 (N=4). Vein measurements in Table 3 View TABLE 3 .

Legs: Length of fore femur 2.5 mm (N=1), fore tibia 1.7 – 2.5 mm (N=3).

Abdomen: Length 7.6 – 9.4 mm (N=4), width 2.5 – 3.0 mm (N=3).