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Mycomya lithomendax

Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae

Taxonomy
Mycomya lithomendax was named by Cockerell (1915). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Wilson Ranch, Florissant, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large horizon in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Mycomya lithomendax Cockerell p. 647
2021Mycomya lithomendax Oliveira and Amorim p. 105

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilySciaroidea
familyMycetophilidae
subfamilyMycomyinae(Edwards 1925)
genusMycomyaRondani 1856
specieslithomendax

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.

†Mycomya lithomendax Cockerell 1915
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available