Insecta - Diptera - Ptychopteridae

Alternative combination: Bittacomorpha miocenica

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1910. Fossil insects and a crustacean from Florissant, Colorado. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 28:275-288

Belongs to Ptychoptera according to E. D. Lukashevich et al. 2001

See also Cockerell 1910

Sister taxa: Ptychoptera (Ptychoptera), Ptychoptera deleta, Ptychoptera mesozoica

Type specimen: UCM 8636, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant, Station 13B, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Florissant, Station 13B

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