†Mesophlebotomites Azar et al. 1999 (sand fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae
Full reference: D. Azar, A. Nel, M. Solignac, J. Paicheler, and F. Bouchet. 1999. New genera and species of psychodoid flies from the Lower Cretaceous amber of Lebanon. Palaeontology 42(6):1101-1136
Parent taxon: Phlebotominae according to D. Azar et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Hertigiini, Libanophlebotomites, Libanophlebotomus, Lutzomyia, Micropygomyia, Palaeomyia, Phlebotoiella, Phlebotomiella, Phlebotomini, Pintomyia, Psathyromyia, Sergentomyia
Subtaxa: Mesophlebotomites hennigi
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Lebanese amber, Mdeyrij-Hammana (LU collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)
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