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 andrewrossi, Dilophus campbelli, Dilophus cerestensis, Dilophus crassicornis, Dilophus krantzii, Dilophus luteipennis, Dilophus matilei, Dilophus palaeofebrilis, Dilophus pinguis, 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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