Eosciarites Greenwalt 2019 (dark-winged fungus gnat)

Insecta - Diptera - Sciaridae

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

Parent taxon: Sciaridae according to D. E. Greenwalt 2019

Sister taxa: Archicratyna, Bradysiopsis, Chaetosciarinae, Cratyninae, Lycoriella, Megalosphyinae, Protolycoriella, Protosciara, Pseudosciara, Sciara lacoei, Sciara morosa, Sciarinae, Succinosciara, Lycoriinae

Subtaxa: Eosciarites hermes

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Type: Eosciarites hermes

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Distribution: found only at Dakin site, Middle Fork Flathead River (Kishenehn) (Eocene of Montana)

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