†Cretoxyla azari Grimaldi and Cumming 2011 (fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Xylomyidae
Full reference: D. A. Grimaldi and J. M. Cumming. 2011. Taxonomic names, in Brachyceran Diptera (Insecta) in Cretaceous ambers, Part IV, significant new Orthorrhaphous Taxa. ZooKeys 148:293-332
Belongs to Cretoxyla according to D. A. Grimaldi and J. M. Cumming 2011
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MNHN Azar 391, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Lebanese amber, Mdeyrij-Hammana (LU collection), which is in a Barremian terrestrial amber in Lebanon.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Lebanese amber, Mdeyrij-Hammana (LU collection)
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