Callomyia torporata Scudder 1890 (flat-footed fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Platypezidae

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1890. The Tertiary Insects of North America. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories XIII:1-734

Belongs to Callomyia according to S. H. Scudder 1890

Sister taxon: Callomyia hypolitha

Type specimen: Lee 71, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Green River (Lee Collection), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large diatomite/shale in the Green River Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Green River (Lee Collection)

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