Desmatomyia scopulicornis Cockerell 1917 (bee fly)

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)

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