Protoedalea brachystoma Cockerell 1921 (dagger fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Empididae

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 Protoedalea according to T. D. A. Cockerell 1921

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 66574, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Green River (Scudder Collection), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large diatomite/shale in the Green River Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at USGS 17-8; Camp Gulch

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