†Philorites johannseni Cockerell 1908 (net-winged midge)
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Insecta - Diptera - Blephariceridae
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1908. A fossil fly of the family Blepharoceridae. The Entomologist 41:262-265
Belongs to Philorites according to T. D. A. Cockerell 1908
Sister taxon: Philorites pallescens
Type specimen: Its type locality is Six Miles North of Rifle, which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large shale in Colorado
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Six Miles North of Rifle
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