Paracosmus Osten Sacken 1877 (bee fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Bombyliidae

Synonyms: Lithocosmus Cockerell 1909, Protolomatia Cockerell 1914, Protophthiria Cockerell 1914

Full reference: C. R. Osten Sacken. 1877. Western Diptera: Descriptions of new genera and species from the region west of the Mississippi and especially from California. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 3:189-354

Parent taxon: Tomomyzinae according to N. L. Evenhuis and D. J. Greathead 1999

See also Aldrich 1905, Carpenter 1992, Cockerell 1909, Cockerell 1914, Evenhuis 1984 and Osten Sacken 1877

Sister taxon: Amphicosmus

Subtaxa: Paracosmus (Paracosmus)

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (4: Colorado collections)

Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences

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