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 D. Azar et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Hertigiini, Libanophlebotomus, Lutzomyia, Mesophlebotomites, Micropygomyia, Palaeomyia, Phlebotoiella, Phlebotomiella, Phlebotomini, Pintomyia, Psathyromyia, Sergentomyia

Subtaxa: Libanophlebotomites ramyi

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Type: Libanophlebotomites ramyi

Ecology:

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

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