Mycomya lithomendax Cockerell 1915 (fungus gnat)

Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1915. Miocene fossil insects. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 66:634-648

Belongs to Mycomya according to S. S. Oliveira and D. D. S. Amorim 2021

See also Cockerell 1915

Sister taxa: Mycomya (Mycomya), Mycomya aristei, Mycomya cockerelli, Mycomya crassicornis, Mycomya curvithoracis, Mycomya fossilis, Mycomya helmii, Mycomya hoolei, Mycomya hubaulti, Mycomya kuhni, Mycomya oblita, Mycomya palaeocenica, Mycomya peduncularis, Mycomya reisingeri, Mycomya subquadrata, Mycomya umbonata, Mycomya unicolor, Mycomya vetusta, Mycomyia fulvescens

Type specimen: Its type locality is Wilson Ranch, Florissant, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large horizon in the Florissant Formation of Colorado

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Wilson Ranch, Florissant

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