Chresmoda libanica Nel et al. 2004 (winged insect)

Insecta - Dicondylia - Chresmodidae

Full reference: A. Nel, D. Azar, X. Martínez-Delclòs and E. Makhoul. 2004. A new Upper Cretaceous species of Chresmoda from Lebanon - a latest representative of Chresmodidae (Insecta: Polyneoptera inc. sed. ) : first record of homeotic mutations in the fossil record of insects. European Journal of Entomology 101:145-151

Belongs to Chresmoda according to A. Nel et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Chresmoda aquatica, Chresmoda chikuni, Chresmoda mongolica, Chresmoda multinervis, Chresmoda neotropica, Chresmoda obscura, Chresmoda orientalis, Chresmoda oweni, Chresmoda shihi

Type specimen: NI 3a-b, a nymph. Its type locality is Nammoura (Makhoul collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Sannine Formation of Lebanon.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Nammoura (Makhoul collection)

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