Insecta - Diptera - Glossinidae

Alternative combination: Cockerellitha osborni

Synonyms: Glossina armatipes Cockerell 1917, Lithoglossina armatipes Cockerell 1917

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1909. Another fossil tsetse fly. Nature 80:128

Belongs to Glossina according to D. A. Grimaldi 1992

Sister taxon: Glossina oligocenus

Type specimens:

• Glossina osborni: BMNH 19223, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (Cockerell Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
• Glossina armatipes: USNM 66282, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (Wilson coll), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

Ecology:

Average measurements (in mm): body length 10.5, forewing length 7.00, wing length 7.50