Cheilosia hecate Hull 1945 (hoverfly)

Insecta - Diptera - Syrphidae

Full reference: F. M. Hull. 1945. A revisional study of the fossil Syrphidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 95:251-355

Belongs to Cheilosia according to F. M. Hull 1945

Sister taxa: Cheilosia ampla, Cheilosia bruesi, Cheilosia germanica, Cheilosia miocenica, Cheilosia nigrachaeta, Cheilosia oligocenica, Cheilosia padovana, Cheilosia picata, Cheilosia pratjei, Cheilosia scudderi, Cheilosia sepultula, Cheilosia spheginascioides, Chilosia scudderi

Type specimen: MCZ 3929, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Florissant (MCZ Collection)

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