Insecta - Diptera - Bombyliidae
Alternative combination: Lithocosmus coquilletti
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1909. Fossil Insects from Florissant, Colorado. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 26:67-77
Belongs to Paracosmus (Paracosmus) according to N. L. Evenhuis and D. J. Greathead 1999
See also Cockerell 1909 and Cockerell 1911
Sister taxa: Paracosmus (Paracosmus) antiquus, Paracosmus (Paracosmus) palpalis, Paracosmus (Paracosmus) recurrens
Type specimen: AMNH FL 18862, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (Cockerell Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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