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Taxonomy
Musca ascarides was named by Scudder (1877). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Chagrin Valley, which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Colorado. It is the type species of Lithohypoderma.
It was recombined as Lithohypoderma ascarides by Townsend (1916) and Cockerell (1921); it was recombined as Hypoderma ascarides by Cockerell (1916); it was recombined as Cuterebra ascarides by Evenhuis (1994).
It was recombined as Lithohypoderma ascarides by Townsend (1916) and Cockerell (1921); it was recombined as Hypoderma ascarides by Cockerell (1916); it was recombined as Cuterebra ascarides by Evenhuis (1994).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1877 | Musca ascarides Scudder p. 756 |
| 1890 | Musca ascarides Scudder p. 551 figs. Pl 5 figs 74, 75, 79, 82-87, 98, 101 |
| 1916 | Hypoderma ascarides Cockerell p. 91 figs. Pl 2, figs 4,6,7 |
| 1916 | Lithohypoderma ascarides Townsend p. 129 |
| 1921 | Lithohypoderma ascarides Cockerell p. 250 |
| 1994 | Cuterebra ascarides Evenhuis |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Cuterebra ascarides Scudder 1877
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available