†Leptychoptera (Leptychoptera) dimkina Lukashevich and Azar 2003 (phantom crane fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Ptychopteridae
Alternative combination: Leptychoptera dimkina
Full reference: E. D. Lukashevich and D. Azar. 2003. First Eoptychopteridae (Insecta: Diptera) from the Early Cretaceous Lebanese amber. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 46(Suppl):195-204
Belongs to Leptychoptera (Leptychoptera) according to E. D. Lukashevich 2004
See also Lukashevich and Azar 2003
Sister taxon: Leptychoptera (Leptychoptera) vovkina
Type specimen: Azar 198, 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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