Asilus florissantinus James 1939 (robber fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Asilidae

Full reference: M. T. James. 1939. A preliminary review of certain families of Diptera from the Florissant Miocene Beds. II. Journal of Paleontology 13(1):42-48

Belongs to Asilus according to M. T. James 1939

Sister taxa: Asilus amelanchieris, Asilus angustialius, Asilus angustifrons, Asilus antiquus, Asilus bicolor, Asilus brunneitibius, Asilus curculionis, Asilus deperditus, Asilus gurnetensis, Asilus palaeolestes, Asilus peritulus, Asilus sannoisiensis, Asilus trichurus, Asilus wickhami

Type specimen: University of Colorado Museum, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant, Station 14, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Florissant, Station 14

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