Sackenia Scudder 1877 (fungus gnat)

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

Parent taxon: Mycetophilinae according to S. S. Oliveira and D. D. S. Amorim 2021

See also Johannsen 1909, Scudder 1877, Scudder 1878 and Scudder 1890

Sister taxa: Exechiini, Exechiites, Mycetophilini, Mycetophilites, Proallodia, Prodelopsis, Proepicypta, Prophronia, Protrichonta, Rhymosia

Subtaxa: Sackenia arcuata Sackenia gibbosa

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (3: Colorado, Wyoming collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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