Insecta - Diptera - Rhagionidae
Full reference: A. L. Melander. 1949. A Report on Some Miocene Diptera from Florissant, Colorado. American Museum Novitates 1407:1-61
Belongs to Rhagio according to A. L. Melander 1949
Sister taxa: Rhagio bifurcatus, Rhagio calcaratus, Rhagio expassus, Rhagio exporrectus, Rhagio expositus, Rhagio exsanguis, Rhagio fascinatoris, Rhagio ferus, Rhagio flexus, Rhagio fossitius, Rhagio ignavus, Rhagio primaevus, Rhagio samlandicus, Leptis valida, Leptis acutangula, Leptis recurva, Leptis mystaceaeformis
Type specimen: AMNH 26496:1, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant, Station 14, 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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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