†Eristalis lapideus Scudder 1877 (hover fly)
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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 Eristalis according to S. H. Scudder 1890
See also Scudder 1877
Sister taxa: Eristalis miocaenicus, Eristalis paucisinuatus
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
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