ammonites
Silvius merychippi Cockerell 1916

Insecta - Diptera - Tabanidae

Alternative combination: Tabanus merychippi

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1916. Some American fossil insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 51:89-106

Belongs to Silvius according to A. L. Melander 1947

Sister taxon: Silvius laticornis

Type specimen: USNM 61993, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (Wilson coll), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

Average measurements (in mm): body length 13.0, wing length 10.0