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 Exechia according to S. S. Oliveira and D. D. S. Amorim 2021

See also Melander 1949

Sister taxa: Exechia cryptocephala, Exechia distincta, Exechia erupta, Exechia inflata, Exechia juliaetta

Type specimen: AMNH 26462, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (AMNH Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Florissant (AMNH Collection)

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