†Cretaceomachilis libanensis Sturm and Poinar 1998 (rock bristletail)
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Insecta - Archaeognatha - Meinertellidae
Full reference: H. Sturm and G. O. Poinar. 1998. Cretaceomachilis libanensis, the oldest known bristle-tail of the family Meinertellidae (Machiloidea, Archaeognatha, Insecta) from the Lebanese amber. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 45:43-48
Belongs to Cretaceomachilis according to H. Sturm and G. O. Poinar 1998
Sister taxon: Cretaceomachilis longa
Type specimen: AUB Milki 194/35, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Lebanese amber (AUB coll), which is in a Barremian terrestrial amber in Lebanon.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Lebanese amber (AUB coll)
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