†Protopsychoda leoi Azar and Maksoud 2020 (moth fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae
Full reference: D. Azar and S. Maksoud. 2020. A new species of Protopsychoda Azar et al., 1999 from the Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber (Diptera: Psychodidae). Palaeoentomology 3:352-356
Belongs to Protopsychoda according to H. Tabakian 2025
See also Azar and Maksoud 2020
Sister taxa: Protopsychoda hammanaensis, Protopsychoda nadiae
Type specimen: Lebanese University AD 65, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Lebanese amber, Ain Dara, Caza Aley (LU AD collection), which is in a Barremian terrestrial amber in Lebanon.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Lebanese amber, Ain Dara, Caza Aley (LU AD collection)
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