†Glossina osborni Cockerell 1909 (tsetse fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Glossinidae

Alternative combination: Cockerellitha osborni

Synonyms: Glossina armatipes Cockerell 1917, Lithoglossina armatipes Cockerell 1917

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1909. Another fossil tsetse fly. Nature 80:128

Belongs to Glossina according to N. L. Evenhuis 1994

See also Cockerell 1909, Cockerell 1917, Grimaldi 1992 and Townsend 1938

Sister taxa: Glossina oligocenus, Glossina sedaliensis

Type specimens:

  • Glossina osborni: BMNH 19223, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (Cockerell Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
  • Glossina armatipes: USNM 66282, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (Wilson coll), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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