Cyttaromyia fenestrata Scudder 1877 (long bodied crane fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Cylindrotomidae

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1877. The First Discovered Traces of Fossil Insects in the American Tertiaries. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 3:741-762

Belongs to Cyttaromyia according to W. Krzemiński 1991

See also Cockerell 1921, Evenhuis 1994, Scudder 1877, Scudder 1890 and Scudder 1894

Sister taxa: Cyttaromyia freiwaldi, Cyttaromyia frelloi, Cyttaromyia fuscula, Cyttaromyia gelhausi, Cyttaromyia lynnae, Cyttaromyia obdurescens, Cyttaromyia princetoniana, Cyttaromyia quievreuxi, Cyttaromyia rayona, Cyttaromyia reclusa, Cyttaromyia rossi, Cyttaromyia scudderi, Cyttaromyia vahldieki

Type specimen: Its type locality is Fossil CaƱon, which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Utah

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (2: Utah collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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