Odontomyia brodiei Cockerell 1915 (soldier fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Stratiomyidae

Alternative combination: Stratiomys brodiei

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1915. British fossil insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 49:469-499

Belongs to Odontomyia according to D. B. Nicholson 2019

See also Cockerell 1915 and Evenhuis 1994

Sister taxon: Odontomyia hydroleon

Type specimen: USNM 61443, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (Brodie coll), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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