†Sackenia arcuata Scudder 1877 (fungus gnat)
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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 Sackenia according to S. S. Oliveira and D. D. S. Amorim 2021
See also Johannsen 1909, Scudder 1877, Scudder 1885 and Scudder 1890
Sister taxon: Sackenia gibbosa
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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