Insecta - Diptera - Glossinidae
Alternative combinations: Glossina oligocena, Paloestrus oligocenus
Synonym: Glossina veterna Cockerell 1916
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1892. Some Insects of special interest from Florissant, Colorado and other points in the Tertiaries of Colorado and Utah. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 93:1-25
Belongs to Glossina according to N. L. Evenhuis 1994
See also Cockerell 1907, Cockerell 1907, Cockerell 1908, Cockerell 1916, Grimaldi 1992 and Scudder 1892
Sister taxa: Glossina osborni, Glossina sedaliensis
Type specimens:
- Glossina oligocenus: MCZ 54262, an exoskeleton (thorax and wings). Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
- Glossina veterna: USNM 66281, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (Wilson coll), 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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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