Rhabdomastix scudderi Cockerell 1921

Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Alternative combination: Gonomyia scudderi

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1921. Eocene Insects from the Rocky Mountains. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 57:233-260

Belongs to Rhabdomastix according to N. L. Evenhuis 1994

See also Cockerell 1921

Sister taxa: Rhabdomastix (Lurdia), Rhabdomastix (Myanmamastix), Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix), Rhabdomastix borussica, Rhabdomastix brevis, Rhabdomastix frigida, Rhabdomastix grussica, Rhabdomastix hoffeinsi, Rhabdomastix labefactata, Rhabdomastix mastix, Rhabdomastix oligocaenica, Rhabdomastix ostensackeni, Rhabdomastix primogenitalis, Rhabdomastix profundi, Rhabdomastix pulcherrima, Rhabdomastix redophilax, Rhabdomastix setix

Type specimen: USNM 66568, an exoskeleton (stout-bodies fly). Its type locality is Roan Mountain (Scudder Coll), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Colorado.

Distribution: found only at Roan Mountain (Scudder Coll)

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