Empis miocenica Cockerell 1915 (dagger fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Empididae

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1915. Miocene fossil insects. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 66:634-648

Belongs to Empis according to M. T. James 1937

See also Cockerell 1915

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 mordax, Empis morosella, Empis orapaensis, Empis perdita, Empis personata, Empis poeppigi, Empis pulvillata, Empis spinifera, Empis stilicornis, Empis tibialis, Empis tritava, Empis umbonata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Wilson Ranch, Florissant, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large horizon in the Florissant Formation of Colorado

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Wilson Ranch, Florissant

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