Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae
Full reference: P. H. Kerr. 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 Rymosia according to P. H. Kerr 2019
Sister taxa: Rymosia edwardsi, Rymosia ferruginea, Rymosia foersteri, Rymosia grisea, Rymosia longicalcar, Rymosia miocenica, Rymosia rufescens, Rymosia strangulata
Type specimen: USNM 624134, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dakin site, Middle Fork Flathead River (Kishenehn), which is in a Lutetian lacustrine - large shale in the Kishenehn Formation of Montana.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dakin site, Middle Fork Flathead River (Kishenehn)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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