†Agathomyia eocenica Tkoč 2019 (flat-footed fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Platypezidae
Full reference: M. Tkoč. 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 Agathomyia according to M. Tkoč 2019
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 553697, 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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