†Desmatomyia scopulicornis Cockerell 1917 (bee fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Bombyliidae
Alternative combination: Acreotrichites scopulicornis
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1917. New Tertiary Insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 52:373-384
Belongs to Desmatomyia according to N. L. Evenhuis and D. J. Greathead 1999
See also Cockerell 1917 and Evenhuis 1990
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 62537, 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.
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