Full reference: A. L. Melander. 1949. A Report on Some Miocene Diptera from Florissant, Colorado. American Museum Novitates 1407:1-61
Belongs to Empis according to A. L. Melander 1949
Sister taxa: Empis (Acallomyia), Empis bulbirostris, Empis carbonum, Empis exilis, Empis florissantana, Empis inscita, Empis macilenta, Empis macrophthalma, Empis mala, Empis malefica, Empis melia, Empis miocenica, Empis mordax, Empis morosella, Empis orapaensis, Empis perdita, Empis personata, Empis poeppigi, Empis pulvillata, Empis spinifera, Empis stilicornis, Empis tibialis, Empis tritava, Empis umbonata
Type specimen: USNM 112625, 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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