†Libanoculex Azar et al. 2023 (phantom midge)
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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
Type: Libanoculex intermedius
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Lebanese amber, Mdeyrij-Hammana (LU collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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