†Comptosia miranda Cockerell 1909 (bee fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Bombyliidae
Alternative combination: Megacosmus mirandus
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1909. Fossil Diptera from Florissant, Colorado. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 26:9-12
Belongs to Comptosia according to S. Wedmann and D. K. Yeates 2008
See also Cockerell 1909
Sister taxon: Comptosia pria
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Florissant, Station 14 (Eocene of Colorado)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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