†Lebanognoriste Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2004 (long beaked fungus gnat)
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Insecta - Diptera - Keroplatidae
Full reference: V. A. Blagoderov and D. Grimaldi. 2004. Fossil Sciaroidea (Diptera) in Cretaceous ambers, exclusive of Cecidomyiidae, Sciaridae, and Keroplatidae. American Museum Novitates 3433:1-76
Parent taxon: Lygistorrhinidae according to V. A. Blagoderov and D. Grimaldi 2004
Sister taxa: Archaeognoriste, Indorrhina, Leptognoriste, Lygistorrhina, Palaeognoriste, Parisognoriste, Plesiognoriste, Protognoriste
Subtaxa: Lebanognoriste prima
Type: Lebanognoriste prima
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Lebanese amber, Jezzine (AMNH collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)
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