†Protopsychoda hammanaensis Azar et al. 1999 (moth 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
Belongs to Protopsychoda according to H. Tabakian 2025
See also Azar et al. 1999 and Stebner et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Protopsychoda leoi, Protopsychoda nadiae
Type specimen: MNHN 116, 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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