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 H. Tabakian 2025
See also Azar et al. 1999, Galati et al. 2025 and Stebner et al. 2015
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:
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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