.42" Detailed Fossil Fly (Plecia) - France

This is a nicely preserved fossil fly (order Diptera) of the genus Plecia, collected from an Oligocene-aged shale deposit near Cereste in Southern France. It measures .42" wide and shows wing, leg, and body preservation.

This is part of an old collection that we recently acquired. The collection includes a variety of insect fossils from multiple localities around Southern France, collected over a span of 50 years by a woman with PhDs in paleontology and pharmacology.