†Melanderella Cockerell 1909 (bee fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Bombyliidae
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1909. Fossil Insects from Florissant, Colorado. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 26:67-77
Parent taxon: Systropodini according to N. L. Evenhuis and D. J. Greathead 1999
See also Carpenter 1992 and Cockerell 1909
Sister taxa: Dolichomyia, Systropus
Subtaxa: Melanderella glossalis
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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