Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Alternative combination: Miopalpomyia shilo

Full reference: W. D. Pierce. 1966. Fossil arthropods of California 29. Silicified Miocene pupae of ceratopogonid flies. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 65:81-98

Belongs to Palpomyia according to A. Borkent and P. Dominiak 2020

See also Borkent 2013, Borkent and Wirth 1997 and Pierce 1966

Sister taxa: Palpomyia edwardsi, Palpomyia erikae, Palpomyia freyi, Palpomyia jantari, Palpomyia multispinosa, Palpomyia riedeli, Palpomyia ryshkoffi, Palpomyia succinea, Palpomyia unca, Palpomyia wirthorum

Type specimen: LACMIP S9130, a nymph (pupa)

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Site 2D (LACMIP 351), Calico Hills (Miocene of California)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.