Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae

Full reference: W. Hennig. 1971. Insektenfossilien aus der unteren Kreide III. Empidiformia ("Microphorinae") aus der unteren Kreide und aus dem Baltischen Bernstein; ein Vertreter der Cyclorrhapha aus der unteren Kreide. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde 232:1-28

Belongs to Microphorites according to I. V. Shamshev and E. E. Perkovsky 2022

See also Hennig 1971

Sister taxa: Microphorites deploegi, Microphorites erikai, Microphorites magaliae, Microphorites moravicus, Microphorites oculeus, Microphorites pouilloni, Microphorites similis, Microphorites utrillensis

Type specimen: SMNS 32/59, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Lebanese amber, Jezzine (SMNS collection), which is in a Barremian terrestrial amber in Lebanon.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Lebanese amber, Jezzine (SMNS collection)

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