Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Alternative combination: Gonomyia scudderi
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1921. Eocene Insects from the Rocky Mountains. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 57:233-260
Belongs to Rhabdomastix according to N. L. Evenhuis 1994
See also Cockerell 1921
Sister taxa: Rhabdomastix (Lurdia), Rhabdomastix (Myanmamastix), Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix), Rhabdomastix borussica, Rhabdomastix brevis, Rhabdomastix frigida, Rhabdomastix hoffeinsi, Rhabdomastix labefactata, Rhabdomastix oligocaenica, Rhabdomastix ostensackeni, Rhabdomastix praecursor, Rhabdomastix primogenitalis, Rhabdomastix profundi, Rhabdomastix pulcherrima, Rhabdomastix redophilax
Type specimen: USNM 66568, an exoskeleton (stout-bodies fly). Its type locality is Roan Mountain (Scudder Coll), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Roan Mountain (Scudder Coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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