Insecta - Diptera - Bombyliidae

Alternative combinations: Lithocosmus palpalis, Protophthiria palpalis

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1914. New and little known insects from the Miocene of Florissant, Colorado. Journal of Geology 22:714-724

Belongs to Paracosmus (Paracosmus) according to N. L. Evenhuis and D. J. Greathead 1999

See also Cockerell 1914 and Evenhuis 1984

Sister taxa: Paracosmus (Paracosmus) antiquus, Paracosmus (Paracosmus) coquilletti, Paracosmus (Paracosmus) recurrens

Type specimen: Its type locality is Wilson Ranch, Florissant, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large horizon in the Florissant Formation of Colorado

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Wilson Ranch, Florissant

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