†Tabanus hipparionis Cockerell 1909 (horse fly)
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1909. Fossil Insects from Florissant, Colorado. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 26:67-77
Belongs to Tabanus according to T. D. A. Cockerell 1909
Sister taxa: Tabanus parahippi, Tabanus statzi, Tabanus sudeticus, Tabanus tremembeensis, Tabanus vectensis
Type specimen: AMNH FI 18857, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (Cockerell Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Florissant (Cockerell Collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.