Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae

Full reference: D. Azar, M. Maalouf, and S. Maksoud. 2022. Libanophlebotomites ramyi, a new genus and species of phlebotomine sandflies from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae). Palaeoentomology 5:340-346

Parent taxon: Phlebotominae according to H. Tabakian 2025

See also Azar et al. 2022 and Galati et al. 2025

Sister taxa: Eophlebotomus, Hertigiini, Libanophlebotomus, Mesophlebotomites, Palaeomyia, Phlebotoiella, Phlebotomini, Xenophlebotomites

Subtaxa: Libanophlebotomites ramyi

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Lebanese amber, Baskinta, Qanat Bakish (LU QBC collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)

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