Florissant (Cockerell Collection) (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Teller County, Colorado (38.9° N, 105.3° W: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 97.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Florissant Formation, Chadronian (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified, diatomaceous, tuffaceous shale

• "shales"

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: adpression

Reposited in the AMNH

Primary reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1909. Fossil Insects from Florissant, Colorado. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 26:67-77 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 114150: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 11.08.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham, Amy Delelli and Alex Aguilar

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• specimens from unlisted stations in cockerell papers
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Insecta
 Orthoptera - Tettigoniidae
"Capnobotes silens" = Locusta silens9
"Capnobotes silens" = Locusta silens9 Scudder 1890 katydid
Geo. N. Rohwer
 Orthoptera - Gryllacrididae
Gryllacris mutilata n. sp.5
Gryllacris mutilata n. sp.5 Cockerell 1909 grasshopper
Geo. N. Rohwer, 1908
 Hymenoptera - Pompilidae
"Pepsis avitula n. sp." = Pepsinites avitula10
"Pepsis avitula n. sp." = Pepsinites avitula10 Cockerell 1941 spider wasp
 Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Archiponera wheeleri3, Protazteca hendersoni10
Archiponera wheeleri3 Carpenter 1930 ant
MCZ 2877
Protazteca hendersoni10 Cockerell 1906 ant
 Hymenoptera - Halictidae
"Halictus miocenicus n. sp." = Ocymoromelitta miocenica8
"Halictus miocenicus n. sp." = Ocymoromelitta miocenica8 Cockerell 1909 sweat bee
 Hymenoptera - Braconidae
Microgaster primordialis2, Rhogas tertiarius n. sp.1
Microgaster primordialis2 Brues 1906 wasp
Rhogas tertiarius n. sp.1 Brues 1906 wasp
 Coleoptera - Carabidae
Trechus fractus n. sp.11, Amara cockerelli n. sp.11
Trechus fractus n. sp.11 Wickham 1912 ground beetle
station number and collector not specified
Amara cockerelli n. sp.11 Wickham 1912 ground beetle
Station 11 or 12
 Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
"Aphodius restructus n. sp." = Ataenius restructus11
"Aphodius restructus n. sp." = Ataenius restructus11 Wickham 1912 scarab beetle
 Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Leptacinus leidyi11
Leptacinus leidyi11 Scudder 1900 rove beetle
 Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
Bruchus exhumatus n. sp.11
Bruchus exhumatus n. sp.11 Wickham 1912 leaf beetle
T.D.A. Cockerell, 1911
 Coleoptera - Attelabidae
"Docirhynchus ibis n. sp." = Pseudomesauletes (Pseudomesauletes) ibis11
"Docirhynchus ibis n. sp." = Pseudomesauletes (Pseudomesauletes) ibis11 Wickham 1912 tooth-nosed snout weevil
Geo. N. Rohwer
 Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Pachybaris rudis n. sp.11
Pachybaris rudis n. sp.11 Wickham 1912 snout beetle
Cockerell party, 1911
 Trichoptera - Hydropsychidae
Hydropsyche scudderi n. sp.7
Hydropsyche scudderi n. sp.7 Cockerell 1909 net-spinning caddisfly
UCM-4492, syntype given to NHM (NHM-IN.26642)
 Diptera - Tipulidae
Tipula needhami n. sp.9
Tipula needhami n. sp.9 Cockerell 1910 crane fly
Geo. N. Rohwer
 Diptera - Bombyliidae
"Lithocosmus coquilletti n. gen. n. sp." = Paracosmus (Paracosmus) coquilletti
"Lithocosmus coquilletti n. gen. n. sp." = Paracosmus (Paracosmus) coquilletti Cockerell 1909 bee fly
collected 1908
 Diptera - Syrphidae
"Chilosia miocenica n. sp." = Cheilosia miocenica
"Chilosia miocenica n. sp." = Cheilosia miocenica Cockerell 1909 hoverfly
collected 1908
 Diptera - Glossinidae
Glossina osborni n. sp.6, "Glossina oligocena" = Glossina oligocenus4
Glossina osborni n. sp.6 Cockerell 1909 tsetse fly
collected 1908, same location as G. oligocena
"Glossina oligocena" = Glossina oligocenus4 Scudder 1892 tsetse fly
Geo. N. Rohwer, 1907 (AMNH 18839), AMNH 295 and 39554 (labeled G. veterna) in Grimaldi, 1992
 Diptera - Asilidae
"Psilocephala hypogaea n. sp." = Taracticus hypogaeus
"Psilocephala hypogaea n. sp." = Taracticus hypogaeus Cockerell 1909 robber fly
collected 1908
 Diptera - Tabanidae
Tabanus parahippi n. sp., Tabanus hipparionis n. sp.
Tabanus parahippi n. sp. Cockerell 1909 horse fly
collected 1907
Tabanus hipparionis n. sp. Cockerell 1909 horse fly
collected 1907
1Brues 1906; 2Brues 1910; 3Carpenter 1930; 4Cockerell 1907; 5Cockerell 1909; 6Cockerell 1909; 7Cockerell 1909; 8Cockerell 1909; 9Cockerell 1910; 10Cockerell 1941; 11Wickham 1912