Alternative combinations: Hypoderma ascarides, Lithohypoderma ascarides, Musca ascarides
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1877. The First Discovered Traces of Fossil Insects in the American Tertiaries. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 3:741-762
Belongs to Cuterebra according to N. L. Evenhuis 1994
See also Cockerell 1916, Cockerell 1921, Scudder 1877, Scudder 1890 and Townsend 1916
Sister taxon: Cuterebra bibosa
Type specimen: Its type locality is Chagrin Valley, which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Colorado
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (4: Colorado, Utah collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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