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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Stiletto Flies (Therevidae) » Phycusinae » Palaeopherocera » Palaeopherocera scudderi
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Insect fossil - Palaeopherocera scudderi
Copyright © 2015 Salvador Vitanza

Insect fossil - Palaeopherocera scudderi
Florissant, Teller County, Colorado, USA
Fly?
Mr. Joseph Cancellare allowed me to photograph his large collection of insect fossils. We only had time to shoot a small part of his collection; which "consists of 2400 catalogued plants, insects, and fish fossils." For more information about his collection and fossil location go to:
http://www.epcc.edu/faculty/jvillalobos/Pages/SolarisResearch.aspx

Estimated age is 34.07 +/- 0.10 million years old.

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Contributed by Salvador Vitanza on 9 December, 2015 - 8:05pm
Last updated 22 September, 2016 - 8:00pm

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… Martin Hauser, 22 September, 2016 - 8:00pm login or register to post comments

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… John F. Carr, 1 September, 2016 - 7:54pm login or register to post comments

Awesome... that looks very mu
Awesome... that looks very much like Palaeopherocera scudderi (Cockerell, 1909) a Therevidae.
… Martin Hauser, 1 September, 2016 - 11:32am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Martin and John!
Spectacular! Incredible that you can match this fossil to an extant species.
… Salvador Vitanza, 1 September, 2016 - 8:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Not extant, it is a fossil ge
Not extant, it is a fossil genus and species. I just sent you an email with the paper. cheers
… Martin Hauser, 2 September, 2016 - 3:55pm login or register to post comments

 
There I go assuming too much...
Thank you Martin for sharing your paper with me. I am impressed with the beautiful illustrations in it; especially the drawings showing wing venation of insect fossils. Now your statements: "Only one true Therevidae (Palaeopherocera scudderi) is known from the Florissant shale of Colorado." and "The new genus Palaeopherocera gen. nov. is erected for Psilocephala scudderi Cockerell, 1909, the only true therevid known from Florissant shale." will have to be updated. I am glad that my photographs provided a second example for this species.
… Salvador Vitanza, 3 September, 2016 - 7:21am login or register to post comments

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… Salvador Vitanza, 1 January, 2016 - 9:02am login or register to post comments

Another forum
Diptera.info has a fossil Diptera forum: http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewforum.php?forum_id=18.
… John F. Carr, 9 December, 2015 - 9:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you John!
I was not aware of this forum.
… Salvador Vitanza, 10 December, 2015 - 7:28am login or register to post comments

Orthorrhapha
Orthorrhapha
… John F. Carr, 9 December, 2015 - 9:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you John!
Great! This helps me a lot!
… Salvador Vitanza, 9 December, 2015 - 9:17pm login or register to post comments

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