Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1877. The First Discovered Traces of Fossil Insects in the American Tertiaries. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 3:741-762
Belongs to Mycetophila according to O. A. Johannsen 1909
See also Scudder 1877 and Scudder 1890
Sister taxa: Mycetophila agilis, Mycetophila amoena, Mycetophila antennata, Mycetophila antiqua, Mycetophila bradenae, Mycetophila compressa, Mycetophila confusa, Mycetophila cordyliformis, Mycetophila frequens, Mycetophila hispidula, Mycetophila latipennis, Mycetophila leptocera, Mycetophila longipennis, Mycetophila macrostyla, Mycetophila morio, Mycetophila nana, Mycetophila orci, Mycetophila phalax, Mycetophila pulchella, Mycetophila pulicaria, Mycetophila pulvillata, Mycetophila pumiliformis, Mycetophila pumilio, Mycetophila pusillima, Mycetophila spinosa, Mycetophila vectensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Chagrin Valley, which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Colorado
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Chagrin Valley
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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