Cheilosia Meigen 1822 (hoverfly)

Insecta - Diptera - Syrphidae

Alternative spelling: Chilosia

Parent taxon: Cheilosiina according to X. Mengual et al. 2015

See also Carpenter 1992, Cockerell 1909, Hull 1945, Hull 1949, Scudder 1878 and Statz 1940

Sister taxon: Spheginascia

Subtaxa: Cheilosia ampla Cheilosia bruesi Cheilosia germanica Cheilosia hecate Cheilosia miocenica Cheilosia nigrachaeta Cheilosia oligocenica Cheilosia padovana Cheilosia picata Cheilosia pratjei Cheilosia scudderi Cheilosia sepultula Cheilosia spheginascioides Chilosia scudderi

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Oligocene of France (2 collections), Germany (1)

• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2), United States (10: Colorado, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 15 collections including 19 occurrences

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