†Lebanognoriste prima 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
Belongs to Lebanognoriste according to V. A. Blagoderov and D. Grimaldi 2004
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH JG268/1, 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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