Empis perdita Cockerell 1916 (dagger fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Empididae

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1916. Some American fossil insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 51:89-106

Belongs to Empis according to M. T. James 1937

See also Cockerell 1916

Sister taxa: Empis (Acallomyia), Empis bulbirostris, Empis carbonum, Empis exilis, Empis florissantana, Empis infossa, Empis inscita, Empis macilenta, Empis macrophthalma, Empis mala, Empis malefica, Empis melia, Empis miocenica, Empis mordax, Empis morosella, Empis orapaensis, Empis personata, Empis poeppigi, Empis pulvillata, Empis spinifera, Empis stilicornis, Empis tibialis, Empis tritava, Empis umbonata

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

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Florissant (Carr coll)

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