†Dolichomyia testea Melander 1949 (bee fly)
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.
Insecta - Diptera - Bombyliidae
Alternative combination: Melanderella testea
Full reference: A. L. Melander. 1949. A Report on Some Miocene Diptera from Florissant, Colorado. American Museum Novitates 1407:1-61
Belongs to Dolichomyia according to N. L. Evenhuis and D. J. Greathead 1999
See also Melander 1949
Sister taxon: Dolichomyia tertiaria
Type specimen: USNM 112553, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (USNM Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Florissant (USNM Collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.