Full reference: A. L. Melander. 1949. A Report on Some Miocene Diptera from Florissant, Colorado. American Museum Novitates 1407:1-61
Belongs to Rhamphomyia according to A. L. Melander 1949
Sister taxa: Rhamphomyia ablata, Rhamphomyia aeterna, Rhamphomyia angusta, Rhamphomyia antipedalis, Rhamphomyia corrupta, Rhamphomyia craterae, Rhamphomyia crinitarsis, Rhamphomyia distans, Rhamphomyia enena, Rhamphomyia errabunda, Rhamphomyia formosa, Rhamphomyia fulvescens, Rhamphomyia hypolitha, Rhamphomyia inanimata, Rhamphomyia infernalis, Rhamphomyia insolita, Rhamphomyia interita, Rhamphomyia involuta, Rhamphomyia latipennata, Rhamphomyia media, Rhamphomyia morticina, Rhamphomyia obtusa, Rhamphomyia oedaloides, Rhamphomyia polymorpha, Rhamphomyia porrecta, Rhamphomyia pteropa, Rhamphomyia ptilopa, Rhamphomyia remitarsis, Rhamphomyia rottensis, Rhamphomyia senecta, Rhamphomyia sepulta, Rhamphomyia spodites, Rhamphomyia tumulata, Rhamphomyia ungulina
Type specimen: USNM 112567, 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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