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 and P. Dominiak 2020
See also Borkent 2013 and Pierce 1966
Sister taxa: Dasyhelea antilleana, Dasyhelea antiqua, Dasyhelea browneae, Dasyhelea dara, Dasyhelea dominicana, Dasyhelea eodicryptoscenica, Dasyhelea gedanica, Dasyhelea hispaniolae, Dasyhelea kanakoffi, Dasyhelea minuticola, Dasyhelea miocaenica, Dasyhelea stanislavi, Dasyhelea stenoceras
Type specimen: LACMIP S9124, a nymph (pupa). Its type locality is Site 10 (LACMIP 357), Calico Hills, which is in a Hemingfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Barstow Formation of California.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (8: California collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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