Senoprosopis (Eosenoprosopis) antiquus James 1939 (robber fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Asilidae

Alternative combination: Senoprosopis antiquus

Full reference: M. T. James. 1939. A preliminary review of certain families of Diptera from the Florissant Miocene Beds. II. Journal of Paleontology 13(1):42-48

Belongs to Senoprosopis (Eosenoprosopis) according to F. M. Hull 1957

See also Hull 1962 and James 1939

Sister taxon: Senoprosopis (Eosenoprosopis) romeri

Type specimen: University of Michigan Museum no. 12160, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (University of Michigan Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Florissant (University of Michigan Collection)

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