†Mesophlebotomites hennigi Azar et al. 1999 (sand fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae
Alternative combination: Mesophlebotomites henningi
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
Belongs to Mesophlebotomites according to F. Stebner et al. 2015
See also Azar et al. 1999
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MNHN 7, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Lebanese amber, Mdeyrij-Hammana (LU collection), which is in a Barremian terrestrial amber in Lebanon.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Lebanese amber, Mdeyrij-Hammana (LU collection)
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