Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Alternative combination: Rhabdomastix (Sacandaga) praecursor

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1927. Fossil Insects from the Miocene of Colorado. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ninth Series 19:161-166

Belongs to Rhabdomastix according to W. Jordan-Stasiło et al. 2025

See also Cockerell 1927

Sister taxa: Rhabdomastix (Lurdia), Rhabdomastix (Myanmamastix), Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix), Rhabdomastix borussica, Rhabdomastix brevis, Rhabdomastix frigida, Rhabdomastix hoffeinsi, Rhabdomastix labefactata, Rhabdomastix oligocaenica, Rhabdomastix ostensackeni, Rhabdomastix primogenitalis, Rhabdomastix profundi, Rhabdomastix pulcherrima, Rhabdomastix redophilax, Rhabdomastix scudderi

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

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Florissant (BMNH Collection)

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