†Lebanophytum Kirejtshuk and Azar 2008 (silken fungus beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Cryptophagidae
Full reference: A. G. Kirejtshuk and D. Azar. 2008. New taxa of beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) from Lebanese amber with evolutionary and systematic comments. Alavesia 2:15-46
Parent taxon: Cryptophagidae according to Y. L. Yu et al. 2019
See also Kirejtshuk 2013 and Kirejtshuk and Azar 2008
Sister taxa: Atomariinae, Cryptophaginae
Subtaxa: Lebanophytum excellens
Type: Lebanophytum excellens
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Lebanese amber, Mdeyrij-Hammana (LU collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)
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