Rymosia strangulata Scudder 1890 (fungus gnat)

Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae

Alternative combination: Rhymosia strangulata

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 Rymosia according to S. S. Oliveira and D. D. S. Amorim 2021

See also Johannsen 1909 and Scudder 1890

Sister taxa: Rymosia edwardsi, Rymosia ferruginea, Rymosia foersteri, Rymosia grisea, Rymosia hypnolithica, Rymosia longicalcar, Rymosia miocenica, Rymosia rufescens

Type specimen: Packard 11, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Green River (Packard Collection), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large diatomite/shale in the Green River Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Green River (Packard Collection)

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