Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1921. Some Eocene Insects from Colorado and Wyoming. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 59:29-39
Belongs to Rhamphomyia according to T. D. A. Cockerell 1921
Sister taxa: Rhamphomyia ablata, Rhamphomyia aeterna, Rhamphomyia angusta, Rhamphomyia corrupta, Rhamphomyia craterae, Rhamphomyia crinitarsis, Rhamphomyia errabunda, Rhamphomyia fossa, Rhamphomyia fulvescens, Rhamphomyia hypolitha, Rhamphomyia inanimata, Rhamphomyia infernalis, Rhamphomyia insolita, Rhamphomyia interita, Rhamphomyia involuta, Rhamphomyia latipennata, Rhamphomyia media, Rhamphomyia morticina, Rhamphomyia obtusa, Rhamphomyia oedaloides, Rhamphomyia porrecta, Rhamphomyia rottensis, Rhamphomyia senecta, Rhamphomyia sepulta, Rhamphomyia spodites, Rhamphomyia tumulata, Rhamphomyia ungulina
Type specimen: USNM 66921, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is USGS 17-3; Smith's Ranch, in the vicinity of Cathedral Bluffs, which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Colorado.
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Average measurements (in mm): body length 3.00, thorax length 1.00, wing length 3.00