Insecta - Diptera - Anisopodidae
Full reference: D. E. Greenwalt. 2019. Taxonomic names, in Diptera of the middle Eocene Kishenehn Formation. I. Documentation of diversity at the family level. Palaeontologia Electronica 22(2.50A):1-56
Belongs to Sylvicola according to D. E. Greenwalt 2019
Sister taxa: Sylvicola baltica, Sylvicola cadaver, Sylvicola carolae, Sylvicola fenestralis, Sylvicola harrisi, Sylvicola hoffeinsorum, Sylvicola hooleyi, Sylvicola maculata, Sylvicola prisca, Sylvicola problematica, Sylvicola splendida, Sylvicola thiriona, Sylvicola vacherensis, Lycoria (Neosciara), Lycoria chrysitis
Type specimen: USNM 626077, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Deep Ford site, Middle Fork Flathead River (Kishenehn), which is in a Lutetian lacustrine - large shale in the Kishenehn Formation of Montana.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Montana collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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