Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae
Full reference: A. L. Melander. 1949. A Report on Some Miocene Diptera from Florissant, Colorado. American Museum Novitates 1407:1-61
Belongs to Boletina according to S. S. Oliveira and D. D. S. Amorim 2021
See also Melander 1949
Sister taxa: Boletina anacliniformis, Boletina angustipennis, Boletina brahmi, Boletina brunnescens, Boletina conspicua, Boletina fimbriata, Boletina graciosa, Boletina hirta, Boletina hirtella, Boletina longicornis, Boletina oustaleti, Boletina paludivaga, Boletina philyra, Boletina pilosa, Boletina sepulta, Boletina serrata, Boletina subhirta, Boletina umbratica, Boletina uniciliata
Type specimen: USNM 112571, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (USNM Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Florissant (USNM Collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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