Full reference: C. P. Alexander. 1938. Fossil Insects from the Creede Formation, Colorado Part 1. Diptera family Tipulidae. Psyche 45:110-114
Belongs to Tipula according to C. P. Alexander 1938
Sister taxa: Adetus, Tipula (Electrotipula), Tipula (Gedanica), Tipula (Platytipula), Tipula (Succinica), Tipula (Tipula), Tipula (Trichotipula), Tipula acourti, Tipula aemula, Tipula americana, Tipula anglicana, Tipula angustata, Tipula antiqua, Tipula bilineata, Tipula binoculata, Tipula bouati, Tipula brevirostris, Tipula carolae, Tipula carolinae, Tipula clauda, Tipula consumpta, Tipula corollata, Tipula cossmanni, Tipula crassipes, Tipula curvicornis, Tipula digitifera, Tipula eocenica, Tipula eucera, Tipula evanitura, Tipula expectans, Tipula falco, Tipula florissanta, Tipula fmartinbrowni, Tipula fongicola, Tipula furensis, Tipula gardneri, Tipula goliath, Tipula graciosa, Tipula grandis, Tipula grandissima, Tipula handlirschiana, Tipula heeriana, Tipula heilprini, Tipula hepialina, Tipula indura, Tipula infernalis, Tipula inflexa, Tipula insolita, Tipula internecata, Tipula lapillescens, Tipula latahensis, Tipula lethaea, Tipula limfjordensis, Tipula limi, Tipula limiformis, Tipula longicornis, Tipula longipalpis, Tipula maclurei, Tipula maculipennis, Tipula magnifica, Tipula maior, Tipula major, Tipula marioni, Tipula maxima, Tipula media, Tipula miegi, Tipula minima, Tipula needhami, Tipula nevadensis, Tipula obtecta, Tipula oleracea, Tipula pachyvena, Tipula paleopannonia, Tipula paludis, Tipula peusi, Tipula phoracantha, Tipula picta, Tipula popovi, Tipula presliana, Tipula protogaea, Tipula reliquiae, Tipula revivificata, Tipula rigens, Tipula rubiensis, Tipula scudderiana, Tipula sectorialis, Tipula sepulchri, Tipula spinistyla, Tipula spoliata, Tipula submedia, Tipula subterjacens, Tipula tartari, Tipula tubifera, Tipula tulameena, Tipula varia, Tipula wilmatteae, Tipula zignoi, Tipulidea distincta
Type specimen: MCZ 4536, an exoskeleton (nearly complete fly). Its type locality is Creede (MCZ collection), which is in an Oligocene crater lake shale in the Creede Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (2: Colorado collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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