Rhagio fossitius Melander 1949

Insecta - Diptera - Rhagionidae

Alternative combination: Rhagio fossitus

Full reference: A. L. Melander. 1949. A Report on Some Miocene Diptera from Florissant, Colorado. American Museum Novitates 1407:1-61

Belongs to Rhagio according to D. E. Greenwalt 2019

See also Melander 1949

Sister taxa: Rhagio bifurcatus, Rhagio calcaratus, Rhagio expassus, Rhagio exporrectus, Rhagio expositus, Rhagio exsanguis, Rhagio fascinatoris, Rhagio ferus, Rhagio flexus, Rhagio ignavus, Rhagio primaevus, Rhagio samlandicus, Rhagio wheeleri, Leptis mystaceaeformis, Leptis valida, Leptis acutangula, Leptis recurva

Type specimen: USNM 112626, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (USNM Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

Distribution: found only at Florissant (USNM Collection)

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