†Aenigmatias kishenehnensis Brown 2019 (scuttle fly)
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Full reference: B. V. Brown. 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 Aenigmatias according to B. V. Brown 2019
Sister taxa: Aenigmatias bisetosus, Aenigmatias longicornis, Aenigmatias nigeroticus, Aenigmatias primitivus, Aenigmatias tertiarius
Type specimen: USNM 625132, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Spring 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 Spring site, Middle Fork Flathead River (Kishenehn)
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