Oxycera contusa Cockerell 1917 (soldier fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Stratiomyidae

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1917. A fossil tsetse fly and other Diptera from Florissant, Colorado. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 30:19-22

Belongs to Oxycera according to M. T. James 1937

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Florissant (Wilson coll), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Florissant (Wilson coll)

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