Chilosia scudderi Cockerell and Le Veque 1931 (hoverfly)

Insecta - Diptera - Syrphidae

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell and N. Le Veque. 1931. The antiquity of insect structures. The American Naturalist 65:351-359

Belongs to Chilosia according to T. D. A. Cockerell and N. Le Veque 1931

See also Evenhuis 1994 and Hull 1945

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Station 22, Roan Plateau, which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large diatomite in the Green River Formation of Colorado

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Station 22, Roan Plateau

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.