Syrphus eocenicus Cockerell 1925 (hover fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Syrphidae

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1925. Fossil insects in the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 64(13):1-15

Belongs to Syrphus according to F. M. Hull 1945

See also Cockerell 1925

Sister taxa: Syrphus aphidopsidis, Syrphus carpenteri, Syrphus euphemus, Syrphus haidingeri, Syrphus hendersoni, Syrphus infumatus, Syrphus lithaphidis, Syrphus petrographicus, Syrphus platychiralis, Syrphus reciprocus, Syrphus statzi, Syrphus willistoni

Type specimen: USNM 69179, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Ute Trail, Roan Plateau (station 1), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large diatomite in the Green River Formation of Colorado.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Ute Trail, Roan Plateau (station 1)

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