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Syrphus lithaphidis

Insecta - Diptera - Syrphidae

Taxonomy
Syrphus lithaphidis was named by Cockerell (1921). Its type specimen is USNM 66585, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is USGS 17-5; Cathedral Bluffs south of Little Tommies Draw, which is in a Ypresian lacustrine - large shale in the Wasatch Formation of Colorado.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Syrphus lithaphidis Cockerell p. 253
1945Syrphus lithaphidis Hull p. 264

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
orderDiptera
RankNameAuthor
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
Heterodactyla
Eremoneura
suborderCyclorrhapha()
familySyrphidae()
subfamilySyrphinae
tribeSyrphini
genusSyrphus
specieslithaphidis

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.

Syrphus lithaphidis Cockerell 1921
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available