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

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Lebanese amber, Jezzine (SMNS collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)

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