Alternative combination: Chilosia miocenica
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 Cheilosia according to F. M. Hull 1945
See also Cockerell 1909
Sister taxa: Cheilosia ampla, Cheilosia bruesi, Cheilosia germanica, Cheilosia hecate, Cheilosia nigrachaeta, Cheilosia oligocenica, Cheilosia padovana, Cheilosia picata, Cheilosia pratjei, Cheilosia scudderi, Cheilosia sepultula, Cheilosia spheginascioides, Chilosia scudderi
Type specimen: AMNH FL 18861, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (Cockerell Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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