Insecta - Alienoptera - Umenocoleidae
Alternative combination: Jantaropterix lebani
Full reference: P. Vršanský and D. Grimaldi. 2003. Jantaropterix taxonomy, in Umenocoleoidea - an amazing lineage of aberrant insects (Insecta, Blattaria). AMBA Projekty 7(1):28-29
Belongs to Pseudojantaropterix according to H. Sendi et al. 2023
See also Gorochov 2006 and Vršanský and Grimaldi 2003
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Private Acra collection, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Lebanese amber, Jezzine (BMNH collection), which is in a Barremian terrestrial amber in Lebanon.
Ecology: fast-moving arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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