Mycomya cockerelli Johannsen 1912 (fungus gnat)

Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae

Full reference: O. A. Johannsen. 1912. A Tertiary fungus gnat. The American Journal of Science, Fourth Series 34:140

Belongs to Mycomya according to S. S. Oliveira and D. D. S. Amorim 2021

See also Johannsen 1912

Sister taxa: Mycomya (Mycomya), Mycomya aristei, Mycomya crassicornis, Mycomya curvithoracis, Mycomya fossilis, Mycomya helmii, Mycomya hoolei, Mycomya hubaulti, Mycomya kuhni, Mycomya lithomendax, Mycomya oblita, Mycomya palaeocenica, Mycomya peduncularis, Mycomya reisingeri, Mycomya subquadrata, Mycomya umbonata, Mycomya unicolor, Mycomya vetusta, Mycomyia fulvescens

Type specimen: Its type locality is Florissant (YPM Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Florissant (YPM Collection)

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