†Mesobolbomyia acrai Grimaldi and Cumming 1999 (snipe fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Rhagionidae
Full reference: D. A. Grimaldi and J. M. Cumming. 1999. Brachyceran Diptera in Cretaceous ambers and Mesozoic diversification of the Eremoneura. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 239:1-121
Belongs to Mesobolbomyia according to D. A. Grimaldi and J. M. Cumming 1999
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH JG387/16, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Lebanese amber, Jezzine (AMNH collection), which is in a Barremian terrestrial amber in Lebanon.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Lebanese amber, Jezzine (AMNH collection)
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