†Lasiopa carpenteri James 1937 (soldier fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Stratiomyidae
Full reference: M. T. James. 1937. A preliminary review of certain families of Diptera from the Florissant Miocene Beds. Journal of Paleontology 11(3):241-247
Belongs to Lasiopa according to M. T. James 1937
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: University of Colorado Museum, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Florissant (MCZ Collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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