Syrphus willistoni Cockerell 1909 (hover fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Syrphidae

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1909. Fossil Diptera from Florissant, Colorado. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 26:9-12

Belongs to Syrphus according to F. M. Hull 1960

See also Cockerell 1909, Cockerell 1914 and Hull 1945

Sister taxa: Syrphus aphidopsidis, Syrphus carpenteri, Syrphus eocenicus, Syrphus euphemus, Syrphus haidingeri, Syrphus hendersoni, Syrphus infumatus, Syrphus lithaphidis, Syrphus petrographicus, Syrphus platychiralis, Syrphus reciprocus, Syrphus statzi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Florissant, Station 14, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (5: Colorado collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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