Asilus palaeolestes Cockerell 1921 (robber fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Asilidae

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1921. Some Eocene Insects from Colorado and Wyoming. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 59:29-39

Belongs to Asilus according to T. D. A. Cockerell 1921

Sister taxa: Asilus amelanchieris, Asilus angustialius, Asilus angustifrons, Asilus antiquus, Asilus bicolor, Asilus brunneitibius, Asilus curculionis, Asilus deperditus, Asilus florissantinus, Asilus gurnetensis, Asilus peritulus, Asilus sannoisiensis, Asilus trichurus, Asilus wickhami

Type specimen: USNM 66922, an exoskeleton (female). Its type locality is White River (Scudder collection), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Utah.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at White River (Scudder collection)

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