Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1890. The Tertiary Insects of North America. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories XIII:1-734
Belongs to Sciara according to S. H. Scudder 1890
Sister taxa: Sciara acuminata, Sciara atropha, Sciara brevipetiola, Sciara burmitina, Sciara defectuosa, Sciara deperdita, Sciara difficilis, Sciara dormitans, Sciara electriphila, Sciara flichei, Sciara florissantensis, Sciara gurnetensis, Sciara ignorata, Sciara inflata, Sciara lacoei, Sciara martii, Sciara minuscula, Sciara oblonga, Sciara protoberidis, Sciara protogaea, Sciara rara, Sciara requieta, Sciara saportana, Sciara schremmeri, Sciara sepulta, Sciara sopora, Sciara splendida, Sciara villosoides
Type specimen: Packard 2, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Green River (Packard Collection), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large diatomite/shale in the Green River Formation of Wyoming.
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Average measurements (in mm): antennae length 1.00, body length 3.25, leg length 4.25, wing length 3.00