†Litoleptis araeostylus Greenwalt 2019 (snipe fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Rhagionidae
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 Litoleptis according to D. E. Greenwalt 2019
Sister taxon: Litoleptis fossilis
Type specimen: USNM 624657, 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)
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