†Philorites Cockerell 1908 (net-winged midge)
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Insecta - Diptera - Blephariceridae
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1908. A fossil fly of the family Blepharoceridae. The Entomologist 41:262-265
Parent taxon: Blepharoceridae according to T. D. A. Cockerell 1908
See also Carpenter 1992 and Cockerell 1921
Sister taxa: Blephadejurinae, Blepharicerinae, Blepharocera, Brianina, Edwardsininae, Sinotendipes
Subtaxa: Philorites johannseni Philorites pallescens
Type: Philorites johannseni
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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