Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Full reference: W. D. Pierce. 1966. Fossil arthropods of California 29. Silicified Miocene pupae of ceratopogonid flies. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 65:81-98
Belongs to Dasyhelea according to A. Borkent 2013
See also Borkent and Wirth 1997 and Pierce 1966
Sister taxa: Dasyhelea antilleana, Dasyhelea antiqua, Dasyhelea browneae, Dasyhelea dominicana, Dasyhelea eodicryptoscenica, Dasyhelea gedanica, Dasyhelea hispaniolae, Dasyhelea judithae, Dasyhelea kanakoffi, Dasyhelea minuticola, Dasyhelea miocaenica, Dasyhelea stanislavi, Dasyhelea stenoceras
Type specimen: LACMIP S9127, a nymph (pupa). Its type locality is Site 3A, Calico Hills, which is in a Hemingfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Barstow Formation of California.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (10: California collections)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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