Florissant (USNM Collection): Chadronian, Colorado

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Arachnida - Araneae - Linyphiidae
Linyphia pachygnathoides n. sp. Petrunkevitch 1922
Petrunkevitch 1922 1 specimen
USNM 38124
Arachnida - Opiliones - Sclerosomatidae
Phalangium lacoei n. sp. Petrunkevitch 1922
Petrunkevitch 1922 1 specimen
recombined as Amauropilio lacoei
USNM Lacoe 38124
Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Diamesa extincta Melander 1949
Melander 1949 2 specimens
USNM 112580, 2 (Lacoe coll)
Insecta - Diptera - Cylindrotomidae
Cyttaromyia clathrata Scudder 1894
Melander 1949 1 specimen
synonym of Cyttaromyia princetoniana
Lacoe coll
Insecta - Diptera - Tipulidae
Tipula limi Scudder 1894
Melander 1949 1 specimen
Lacoe coll (1 measurement)
Tipulidea distincta Scudder 1894
Melander 1949 1 specimen
Lacoe coll
Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae
Boletina hypogaea n. sp. Melander 1949
Melander 1949 1 specimen
USNM 112571 (Lacoe coll) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae
Plecia explanata n. sp. Cockerell 1917
Cockerell 1917 1 specimen
USNM 62536 (2 measurements)
Hesperinus melanderi (Cockerell 1911)
Melander 1949 1 specimen
original and current combination Plecia melanderi
Lacoe coll (study number 246) (2 measurements)
Hesperinus axelianus (Cockerell 1915)
Melander 1949 4 specimens
original and current combination Plecia axeliana
Lacoe coll
Plecia orycta n. sp. Melander 1949
Melander 1949 1 specimen
USNM 112569 (Lacoe coll) (2 measurements)
Plecia tessella n. sp. Melander 1949
Melander 1949 1 specimen
USNM 112562 (Lacoe coll) (1 measurement)
Bibio jamesi Melander 1949
Melander 1949 2 specimens
USNM 112576, 9 (Lacoe coll)
Bibio capnodes n. sp. Melander 1949
Melander 1949 1 specimen
USNM 112565 (Lacoe coll) (2 measurements)
Bibio excurvatus n. sp. Melander 1949
Melander 1949 1 specimen
USNM 112550 (Lacoe coll) (1 measurement)
Bibio vulcanius n. sp. Melander 1949
Melander 1949 2 specimens
USNM 112564, 572 (Lacoe coll) (1 measurement)
Bibio vetus James 1937
Melander 1949 1 specimen
Lacoe coll, study number 232
Bibio cockerelli James 1937
Melander 1949 12 specimens
Lacoe coll
Bibio wickhami Cockerell 1915
Cockerell 1917 13 specimens
12 in Lacoe coll (three lots) from Melander, 1949 (2 measurements)
Hesperinus immutabilis n. sp. Melander 1949
Melander 1949 2 specimens
recombined as Penthetria immutabilis
USNM 112554, 588 (Lacoe coll) (2 measurements)
Penthetria longifurca n. sp. Melander 1949
Melander 1949 1 specimen
USNM 112551 (Lacoe coll) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera - Asilidae
Asilus curculionis n. sp. Melander 1946
Melander 1946 1 specimen
USNM 112558 (Lacoe coll) (1 measurement)
Leptogaster prior n. sp. Melander 1946
Melander 1946 1 specimen
USNM 112560 (Lacoe coll) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Bombyliidae
Apolysis magister Melander 1946
Melander 1949 1 specimen
USNM 112573 (Lacoe coll)
Protophthiria atra n. sp. Melander 1949
Melander 1949 1 specimen
recombined as Tithonomyia atra
USNM 112552 (Lacoe coll) (1 measurement)
Acreotrichites scopulicornis n. gen., n. sp. Cockerell 1917
Cockerell 1917 1 specimen
recombined as Desmatomyia scopulicornis
USNM 62537 (2 measurements)
Melanderella testea n. sp. Melander 1949
Melander 1949 1 specimen
recombined as Dolichomyia testea
USNM 112553 (Lacoe coll) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Lauxaniidae
Sapromyza veterana n. sp. Melander 1949
Melander 1949 1 specimen
USNM 112557 (Lacoe coll) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Ulidiidae
Melieria atavina n. sp. Cockerell 1917
Cockerell 1917 1 specimen
USNM 62540 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Richardiidae
Urortalis caudatus n. sp. Cockerell 1917
Cockerell 1917 1 specimen
USNM 62539 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Phoridae
Phora cockerelli Brues 1908
Melander 1949 1 specimen
recombined as Spiniphora cockerelli
Lacoe coll, study number 154
Insecta - Diptera - Hybotidae
Tachypeza primitiva n. sp. Melander 1949
Melander 1949 1 specimen
USNM 112566 (Lacoe coll) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Empididae
Rhamphomyia inanimata n. sp. Melander 1949
Melander 1949 1 specimen
USNM 112570(586) (Lacoe coll) (2 measurements)
Rhamphomyia infernalis n. sp. Melander 1949
Melander 1949 1 specimen
USNM 112556 (Lacoe coll) (1 measurement)
Rhamphomyia fossa n. sp. Melander 1949
Melander 1949 2 specimens
USNM 112567, 583 (Lacoe coll) (2 measurements)
Rhamphomyia craterae n. sp. Melander 1949
Melander 1949 1 specimen
USNM 112561 (Lacoe coll) (2 measurements)
Rhamphomyia hypolitha n. sp. Cockerell 1917
Cockerell 1917 1 specimen
USNM 62538 (2 measurements)
Empis infossa n. sp. Melander 1949
Melander 1949 1 specimen
USNM 112625 (Lacoe coll) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Xylomyidae
Solva (Xylomya) inornata n. sp. Melander 1949
Melander 1949 1 specimen
USNM 112568 (Lacoe coll) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Nemestrinidae
Nemestrinidae indet. Macquart 1834
Melander 1949 1 specimen
Lacoe coll
Insecta - Diptera - Rhagionidae
Rhagio wheeleri Melander 1949
Melander 1949 1 specimen
USNM 112574 (Lacoe coll)
Rhagio fossitius n. sp. Melander 1949
Melander 1949 1 specimen
USNM 112626 (Lacoe coll) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera
Anthomyia persepulta n. sp. Cockerell 1917
Cockerell 1917 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Brachycera
USNM 62541 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Scatopsidae
Reichertella fasciata n. sp. Melander 1949
Melander 1949 1 specimen
USNM 112563 (Lacoe coll) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Mantodea - Mantidae
Eobruneria tessellata n. gen., n. sp. Cockerell 1913
1 specimen
USNM 58583 (Gustav Hambach coll)) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Lasius peritulus (Cockerell 1927)
Carpenter 1930 1 specimen
USNM 78802
Formica robusta Carpenter 1930
Carpenter 1930 1 specimen
USNM 78800
Formica cockerelli Carpenter 1930
Carpenter 1930 1 specimen
USNM 78806
Formica grandis n. sp. Carpenter 1930
Carpenter 1930 1 specimen
USNM 78801 (Lacoe collection) (2 measurements)
Elaeomyrmex coloradensis Carpenter 1930
Carpenter 1930 1 specimen
USNM 78798
Elaeomyrmex gracilis Carpenter 1930
Carpenter 1930 1 specimen
USNM 78797
Protazteca elongata Carpenter 1930
Carpenter 1930 3 specimens
USNM 78791
Protazteca capitata Carpenter 1930
Carpenter 1930 1 specimen
USNM 78793
Protazteca quadrata Carpenter 1930
Carpenter 1930 1 specimen
USNM 78792
Iridomyrmex obscurans n. sp. Carpenter 1930
Carpenter 1930 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Iridomyrmex
USNM 78799 (Lacoe collection) (1 measurement)
Petraeomyrmex minimus Carpenter 1930
Carpenter 1930 1 specimen
USNM 78805
Miomyrmex impactus (Cockerell 1927)
Carpenter 1930 1 specimen
USNM 78796
Liometopum scudderi Carpenter 1930
Carpenter 1930 1 specimen
USNM 78795
Liometopum miocenicum Carpenter 1930
Carpenter 1930 2 specimens
USNM 78794
Aphaenogaster mayri Carpenter 1930
Carpenter 1930 3 specimens
USNM 78803
Messor sculpturatus Carpenter 1930
Carpenter 1930 1 specimen
USNM 78804
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Megachilidae
Heriades priscus n. sp. Cockerell 1917
Cockerell 1917 1 specimen
USNM 62543 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera
Andrena lagopus Latreille 1809
Zeuner and Manning 1976 1 specimen
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Tenthredinidae
Taeniurites fortis n. gen., n. sp. Cockerell 1917
Cockerell 1917 1 specimen
USNM 62542 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Xyelidae
Xyela (Xyela) florissantensis n. sp. Rasnitsyn 1995
Rasnitsyn 1995 1 specimen
USNM 127677 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Neuroptera - Osmylidae
Osmylidia requieta (Scudder 1890)
1 specimen
USNM 58681 (Gustav Hambach coll)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae
Platynus insculptipennis n. sp. Wickham 1917
Wickham 1917 1 specimen
USNM 63441 (1 measurement)
Amara veterata Scudder 1900
Wickham 1913 1 specimen
USNM 59645 (1 measurement)
Amara powellii Scudder 1900
Wickham 1913 1 specimen
USNM 59646
Pterostichus walcotti Scudder 1900
Wickham 1913 1 specimen
USNM 59644
Harpalus ulomaeformis n. sp. Wickham 1917
Wickham 1917 1 specimen
USNM 63443 (2 measurements)
Harpalus redivivus n. sp. Wickham 1917
Wickham 1917 1 specimen
USNM 63444 (2 measurements)
Cratacanthus florissantensis n. sp. Wickham 1917
Wickham 1917 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Carabidae
USNM 63442 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae
Agabus florissantensis n. sp. Wickham 1913
Wickham 1913 1 specimen
USNM 59632 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Lucanidae
Lucanus fossilis n. sp. Wickham 1913
Wickham 1913 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Lucaninae
USNM 59643 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
Diplotaxis aurora n. sp. Wickham 1913
Wickham 1913 1 specimen
USNM 59657 (1 measurement)
Macrodactylus pluto Wickham 1912
Wickham 1913 2 specimens
USNM 59656
Aphodius granarioides n. sp. Wickham 1913
Wickham 1913 1 specimen
USNM 59655 (1 measurement)
Ataenius patescens Scudder 1900
Wickham 1913 1 specimen
USNM 59654
Insecta - Coleoptera - Leiodidae
Anisotoma sibylla n. sp. Wickham 1913
Wickham 1913 1 specimen
USNM 59633 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Miolithocharis lithographica n. gen., n. sp. Wickham 1913
Wickham 1913 1 specimen
USNM 59638 (1 measurement)
Quedius chamberlini Scudder 1890
Wickham 1913 1 specimen
USNM 59647
Philonthus marcidulus Scudder 1900
Wickham 1913 1 specimen
USNM 59648 (1 measurement)
Staphylinus vulcan n. sp. Wickham 1913
Wickham 1913 1 specimen
USNM 59636 (2 measurements)
Aleocharopsis caseyi n. sp. Wickham 1913
Wickham 1913 1 specimen
USNM 59634 (1 measurement)
Aleocharopsis secunda n. sp. Wickham 1913
Wickham 1913 1 specimen
USNM 59635 (1 measurement)
Stenus morsei (Scudder 1900)
Wickham 1913 1 specimen
USNM 59637
Insecta - Coleoptera - Ptinidae
Vrilletta monstrosa n. sp. Wickham 1917
Wickham 1917 1 specimen
USNM 63447 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Trogossitidae
Tenebroides corrugata n. sp. Wickham 1913
Wickham 1913 1 specimen
USNM 59641 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Tenebrionidae
Blapstinus linellii n. sp. Wickham 1913
Wickham 1913 1 specimen
USNM 59664 (2 measurements)
Miostenosis lacordairei n. gen., n. sp. Wickham 1913
Wickham 1913 1 specimen
USNM 59663 (1 measurement)
Platydema bethunei n. sp. Wickham 1913
Wickham 1913 1 specimen
USNM 59665 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Coccinellidae
Anatis resurgens n. sp. Wickham 1917
Wickham 1917 1 specimen
USNM 63445 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Cryptophagidae
Cryptophagus bassleri n. sp. Wickham 1913
Wickham 1913 1 specimen
USNM 59640 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Laemophloeidae
Lithocoryne arcuata n. sp. Wickham 1913
Wickham 1913 1 specimen
USNM 59639 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Attelabidae
Rhynchites subterraneus Scudder 1893
Wickham 1913 1 specimen
recombined as Prodeporaides subterraneus
USNM 59666 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Rhysosternum longirostre Scudder 1893
Wickham 1913 3 specimens
USNM 59678
Baris primalis n. sp. Wickham 1917
Wickham 1917 1 specimen
recombined as Lithogeraeus primalis
USNM 63453 (1 measurement)
Geralophus repositus Scudder 1893
Wickham 1913 3 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Entimini
USNM 59671
Geralophus antiquarius Scudder 1893
Wickham 1913 5 specimens
USNM 59668
Geralophus fossicius Scudder 1893
Wickham 1913 3 specimens
USNM 59670
Geralophus lassatus Scudder 1893
Wickham 1913 4 specimens
USNM 59672
Geralophus saxuosus Scudder 1893
Wickham 1913 1 specimen
USNM 59669
Geralophus retritus Scudder 1893
Wickham 1913 1 specimen
USNM 59673
Pandeleteinus nudus n. sp. Wickham 1917
Wickham 1917 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Tanymecini
USNM 63451 (1 measurement)
Evopes veneratus Scudder 1893
Wickham 1913 2 specimens
USNM 59667
Coniatus evisceratus Scudder 1893
Wickham 1913 1 specimen
recombined as Listroderes evisceratus
USNM 59674 (1 measurement)
Dorytomus williamsi Scudder 1893
Wickham 1913 1 specimen
USNM 59677 (1 measurement)
Balaninus minusculus Scudder 1893
Wickham 1913 1 specimen
recombined as Curculio minusculus
USNM 59680 (1 measurement)
Tychius ferox n. sp. Wickham 1917
Wickham 1917 1 specimen
USNM 63452 (1 measurement)
Cryptorhynchus profusus Scudder 1893
Wickham 1913 2 specimens
USNM 59679
Cleonus foersteri Scudder 1893
Wickham 1913 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Cleonini
USNM 59676
Cleonus exterraneus Scudder 1893
Wickham 1913 1 specimen
USNM 59675
Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
Systena florissantensis n. sp. Wickham 1913
Wickham 1913 1 specimen
USNM 59660 (1 measurement)
Bruchus dormescens n. sp. Wickham 1913
Wickham 1913 1 specimen
USNM 59661 (1 measurement)
Bruchus antaeus n. sp. Wickham 1917
Wickham 1917 1 specimen
USNM 63450 (2 measurements)
Bruchus exhumatus Wickham 1912
Wickham 1913 1 specimen
USNM 59661
Insecta - Coleoptera - Cerambycidae
Callidium grandaevum n. sp. Wickham 1917
Wickham 1917 1 specimen
recombined as Phymatodes grandaevus
USNM 63449 (1 measurement)
Leptura antecurrens n. sp. Wickham 1913
Wickham 1913 1 specimen
recombined as Judolia antecurrens
USNM 59658 (2 measurements)
Leptura ponderosissima n. sp. Wickham 1913
Wickham 1913 1 specimen
USNM 59659 (1 measurement)
Spondylis tertiarius n. sp. Wickham 1917
Wickham 1917 1 specimen
replaced by Neandra florissantensis
USNM 63448 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Anthaxia exhumata n. sp. Wickham 1913
Wickham 1913 1 specimen
USNM 59642 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae
Cardiophorus lithographicus Wickham 1916
Wickham 1916 2 specimens
Cardiophorus florissantensis Wickham 1916
Wickham 1916 5 specimens
Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae
Chauliognathus pristinus Scudder 1876
Wickham 1913 1 specimen
USNM 59652 (2 measurements)
Podabrus wheeleri Wickham 1909
Wickham 1913 2 specimens
USNM 59653
Podabrus cupesoides n. sp. Wickham 1917
Wickham 1917 1 specimen
USNM 63446 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Byrrhidae
Byrrhus romingeri Scudder 1900
Wickham 1913 1 specimen
USNM 59651
Amphicyrta inhaesa Scudder 1900
Wickham 1913 1 specimen
USNM 59650
Nosotetocus debilis Scudder 1900
Wickham 1913 1 specimen
USNM 59649 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Trichoptera
Nebritus willistoni n. sp. Melander 1949
Melander 1949 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Trichoptera
USNM 112553 (Lacoe coll) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Lepidoptera - Nymphalidae
Jupiteria charon n. gen., n. sp. Scudder 1889
Scudder 1889 1 specimen
recombined as Jupitellia charon
Lacoe 2100 (2 measurements)
Chlorippe wilmattae Cockerell 1907
1 specimen
recombined as Doxocopa wilmattae
USNM 58682 (Gustav Hambach coll)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Colorado County:Teller
Coordinates: 38.9° North, 105.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.4° North, 97.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Priabonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Chadronian
Age range of interval:37.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Florissant
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:diatomaceous,tuffaceous lithified "shale"
Lithology description: "shales"
Environment:lacustrine - large Tectonic setting:volcanic basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,adpression
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Metadata
Database number:124624
Authorizer:M. Clapham, D. Smith Enterer:M. Clapham, A. Delelli, J. Karr, A. Kinchloe
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2012-02-20 17:13:32 Last modified:2014-08-09 12:03:05
Access level:the public Released:2013-02-20 17:13:32
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
5038.ETE 750T. D. A. Cockerell. 1913. Some fossil insects from Florissant, Colorado. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 44:341-346 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

4971ETE 683F. M. Carpenter. 1930. The Fossil Ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 70:1-66 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Kosnik]
5003ETE 715T. D. A. Cockerell. 1917. New Tertiary Insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 52:373-384 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]
45512ETE 810A. L. Melander. 1946. Some fossil Diptera from Florissant, Colorado. Psyche 53:43-48 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
5099ETE 811A. L. Melander. 1949. A Report on Some Miocene Diptera from Florissant, Colorado. American Museum Novitates 1407:1-61 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]
38446 A. Nel, X. Martínez-Delclòs, F. Escuillé and P. Brisac. 1994. Les Aeshnidae fossiles: Etat actuel des connaissances (Odonata, Anisoptera). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 194(2/3):143-186 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]
9404 A. I. Petrunkevitch. 1922. Tertiary Spiders and Opilionids of North America. Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 25:211-279 [D. Smith/A. Kinchloe/A. Kinchloe]
45691 A. P. Rasnitsyn. 1995. Tertiary sawflies of the tribe Xyelini (Insecta: Vespida=Hymenoptera: Xyelidae) and their relationship to the Mesozoic and modern faunas. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 450:1-14 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
5169ETE 881H. F. Wickham. 1913. Fossil Coleoptera from Florissant in the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 45(1982):283-303 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]
5174ETE 886H. F. Wickham. 1916. The fossil Elateridae of Florissant. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 60(12):493-527 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]
5175ETE 887H. F. Wickham. 1917. New Species of Fossil Beetles from Florissant, Colorado. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 52:463-472 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Kosnik]
5180ETE 892F. E. Zeuner and F. J. Manning. 1976. A monograph on fossil bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 27(3):149-268 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]