†Libanophlebotomites ramyi 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
Belongs to Libanophlebotomites according to H. Tabakian 2025
See also Azar et al. 2022 and Galati et al. 2025
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: QBC 42A, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Lebanese amber, Baskinta, Qanat Bakish (LU QBC collection), which is in a Barremian terrestrial amber in Lebanon.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Lebanese amber, Baskinta, Qanat Bakish (LU QBC collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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