Insecta - Coleoptera - Sphindidae
Full reference: A. G. Kirejtshuk. 2015. Taxonomic names, in Libanopsinae, new subfamily of the family Sphindidae (Coleoptera, Cucujoidea) from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber, with remarks on using confocal microscopy for the study of amber inclusions. Cretaceous Research 52:461-479
Belongs to Libanopsis according to A. G. Kirejtshuk 2015
Sister taxa: Libanopsis limosa, Libanopsis poinari, Libanopsis slipinskii, Libanopsis straminea
Type specimen: Azar 474 B, 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)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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