Tithonomyia atra Melander 1949

Insecta - Diptera - Bombyliidae

Alternative combination: Protophthiria atra

Full reference: A. L. Melander. 1949. A Report on Some Miocene Diptera from Florissant, Colorado. American Museum Novitates 1407:1-61

Belongs to Tithonomyia according to N. L. Evenhuis and D. J. Greathead 1999

See also Evenhuis 1984 and Melander 1949

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 112552, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (USNM Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

Distribution: found only at Florissant (USNM Collection)

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