Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae
Full reference: S. J. Fitzgerald and D. E. Greenwalt. 2022. Taxonomic names, in Diptera of the Middle Eocene Kishenehn Formation II. Palaeontologia Electronica 25(2:a22):1-52
Belongs to Dilophus according to S. J. Fitzgerald and D. E. Greenwalt 2022
Sister taxa: Dilophus anasiformis, Dilophus andrewrossi, Dilophus campbelli, Dilophus cerestensis, Dilophus crassicornis, Dilophus duerrenfeldti, Dilophus flavipes, Dilophus krantzii, Dilophus luteipennis, Dilophus magnus, Dilophus matilei, Dilophus palaeofebrilis, Dilophus pinguis, Dilophus plionanus, Dilophus priscus, Dilophus pumilio, Dilophus succineus
Type specimen: USNM 624840, 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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