Asilus amelanchieris Cockerell 1911 (robber fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Asilidae

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1911. Fossil Insects from Florissant, Colorado. Bulletin American Museum of Natural History 30:71-82

Belongs to Asilus according to M. T. James 1939

See also Cockerell 1911

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

Type specimen: UCM-4492, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (Rohwer Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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