†Alonchoptera lebanica Grimaldi 2018 (fly)
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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
Belongs to Alonchoptera according to D. A. Grimaldi 2018
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH LAEIII-4, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Lebanese amber, Bchare Mountain (AMNH collection), which is in a Barremian terrestrial amber in Lebanon.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Lebanese amber, Bchare Mountain (AMNH collection)
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