Insecta - Diptera

Full reference: D. A. Grimaldi. 2018. Basal Cyclorrhapha in amber from the Cretaceous and Tertiary (Insecta: Diptera), and their relationships: Brachycera in Cretaceous amber part IX. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 423:1-97

Parent taxon: Lonchopteroidea according to D. A. Grimaldi 2018

Sister taxa: Lonchopteridae, Lonchopterites, Lonchopteromorpha

Subtaxa: Alonchoptera lebanica

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Type: Alonchoptera lebanica

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Lebanese amber, Bchare Mountain (AMNH collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)

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