Olbiogaster simplex Cockerell 1921

Insecta - Diptera - Anisopodidae

Alternative combination: Eothereva simplex

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 Olbiogaster according to N. L. Evenhuis 1994

See also Cockerell 1921, Cockerell 1924 and Edwards 1928

Sister taxon: Olbiogaster perezi

Type specimen: USNM 66573, an exoskeleton. 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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