ammonites
Reichertella fasciata Melander 1949 (minute black scavenger fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Scatopsidae

Full reference: A. L. Melander. 1949. A Report on Some Miocene Diptera from Florissant, Colorado. American Museum Novitates 1407:1-61

Belongs to Reichertella according to A. L. Melander 1949

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 112563, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (USNM Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

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Average measurements (in mm): body length 3.80