Syrphus lithaphidis Cockerell 1921 (hover fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Syrphidae

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1921. Eocene Insects from the Rocky Mountains. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 57:233-260

Belongs to Syrphus according to F. M. Hull 1945

See also Cockerell 1921

Sister taxa: Syrphus aphidopsidis, Syrphus carpenteri, Syrphus eocenicus, Syrphus euphemus, Syrphus haidingeri, Syrphus hendersoni, Syrphus infumatus, Syrphus petrographicus, Syrphus platychiralis, Syrphus reciprocus, Syrphus statzi, Syrphus willistoni

Type specimen: USNM 66585, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is USGS 17-5; Cathedral Bluffs south of Little Tommies Draw, which is in a Ypresian lacustrine - large shale in the Wasatch Formation of Colorado.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at USGS 17-5; Cathedral Bluffs south of Little Tommies Draw

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