Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Alternative combination: Neopalpomyia freyi
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 Palpomyia according to A. Borkent and P. Dominiak 2020
See also Borkent 2013, Borkent and Wirth 1997 and Pierce 1966
Sister taxa: Palpomyia edwardsi, Palpomyia erikae, Palpomyia jantari, Palpomyia multispinosa, Palpomyia riedeli, Palpomyia ryshkoffi, Palpomyia shilo, Palpomyia succinea, Palpomyia unca, Palpomyia wirthorum
Type specimen: LACMIP S9131, a nymph (pupa). Its type locality is Site 15 (LACMIP 362), Calico Hills, which is in a Hemingfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Barstow Formation of California.
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (7: California collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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