Cyttaromyia princetoniana Scudder 1894 (long bodied crane fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Cylindrotomidae

Synonyms: Cyttaromyia cancellata Scudder 1894, Cyttaromyia clathrata Scudder 1894, Cyttaromyia oligocena Scudder 1894

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1894. Tertiary Tipulidae, with special reference to those of Florissant, Colorado. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 32:163-245

Belongs to Cyttaromyia according to S. H. Scudder 1894

See also Brown 1988, Krzemiński 1991 and Melander 1949

Sister taxa: Cyttaromyia fenestrata, Cyttaromyia freiwaldi, Cyttaromyia frelloi, Cyttaromyia fuscula, Cyttaromyia gelhausi, Cyttaromyia lynnae, Cyttaromyia obdurescens, Cyttaromyia quievreuxi, Cyttaromyia rayona, Cyttaromyia reclusa, Cyttaromyia rossi, Cyttaromyia scudderi, Cyttaromyia vahldieki

Type specimens:

  • Cyttaromyia princetoniana: MCZ 1441, an exoskeleton
  • Cyttaromyia cancellata: Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
  • Cyttaromyia clathrata:
  • Cyttaromyia oligocena: Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), 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 including 8 occurrences

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