Libanoculex Azar et al. 2023 (phantom midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Chaoboridae

Full reference: D. Azar, A. Nel, D. Y. Huang and M. S. Engel. 2023. The earliest fossil mosquito. Current Biology 33:5240-5246

Parent taxon: Eucorethrinae according to R. E. Harbach 2024

See also Azar et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Libanoculex intermedius

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Type: Libanoculex intermedius

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Lebanese amber, Mdeyrij-Hammana (LU collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)

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