†Trichinites Hennig 1970 (fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Atelestidae
Full reference: W. Hennig. 1970. Insektenfossilien aus der unteren Kreide. II. Empididae (Diptera, Brachycera). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde 214:1-12
Parent taxon: Atelestinae according to D. Badano et al. 2023
See also Carpenter 1992, Grimaldi and Cumming 1999, Hennig 1970 and Solórzano-Kraemer et al. 2023
Sister taxa: Alavesia, Atelestites, Dianafranksia, Kurnubempis
Subtaxa: Trichinites cretaceus
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Lebanese amber, Jezzine (SMNS collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)
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