†Dioctria florissantina Cockerell 1909 (robber fly)
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Alternative combination: Leptis florissantina
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1909. Descriptions of Tertiary insects, part V. American Journal of Science, Fourth Series 27:53-58
Belongs to Dioctria according to M. T. James 1939
See also Cockerell 1909
Sister taxa: Dioctria jamesi, Dioctria pulveris
Type specimen: University of Colorado Museum, an exoskeleton
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Florissant, Station 13B (Eocene of Colorado)
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