†Sackenia gibbosa Cockerell 1907 (fungus gnat)
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Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1907. A New Fly (Mycetophilidae) from the Green River Beds. American Journal of Science, Series 4 23:285-286
Belongs to Sackenia according to S. S. Oliveira and D. D. S. Amorim 2021
See also Cockerell 1907 and Johannsen 1909
Sister taxon: Sackenia arcuata
Type specimen: YPM, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Green River (YPM Collection), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Green River (YPM Collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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