Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae

Alternative combination: Lasiosoma mirandula

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1909. Descriptions of Tertiary insects, part V. American Journal of Science, Fourth Series 27:53-58

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

See also Cockerell 1909, Evenhuis 1994 and Johannsen 1909

Sister taxa: Sciophila armipes, Sciophila atra, Sciophila atropos, Sciophila blotho, Sciophila carbonaria, Sciophila cognata, Sciophila curvipetiolata, Sciophila dilatata, Sciophila disjuncta, Sciophila hyatti, Sciophila inermis, Sciophila lachesis, Sciophila loewi, Sciophila micropora, Sciophila minutissima, Sciophila obscura, Sciophila socialis, Sciophila spinipes, Sciophila takoyensis, Sciophila trapezoides

Type specimen: Its type locality is Florissant, Station 14, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Florissant, Station 14

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