†Libanophlebotomites Azar et al. 2022 (sand fly)
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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 E. A. B. Galati et al. 2025
See also Azar et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Hertigiini, Libanophlebotomus, Mesophlebotomites, Palaeomyia, Phlebotoiella, Phlebotomini
Subtaxa: Libanophlebotomites ramyi
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Lebanese amber, Qanat Bakish (LU QBC collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)
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