Full reference: D. Azar and A. Nel. 2023. The first Early Cretaceous representative of the fly family Tipulidae from the lower Barremian dysodiles of Lebanon (Diptera). Zootaxa 5396:58-63
Belongs to Leptotarsus according to D. Azar and A. Nel 2023
Sister taxa: Leptotarsus (Longurio), Leptotarsus (Macromastix), Leptotarsus acciolii, Leptotarsus alemaoi, Leptotarsus andradei, Leptotarsus bonifacioi, Leptotarsus buscalioniae, Leptotarsus capanemai, Leptotarsus contractus, Leptotarsus coutoi, Leptotarsus cretaceus, Leptotarsus eva, Leptotarsus feijoi, Leptotarsus ferreirai, Leptotarsus gelhausi, Leptotarsus grimaldii, Leptotarsus ibericus, Leptotarsus ivoneae, Leptotarsus lagosi, Leptotarsus lemeae, Leptotarsus lemesi, Leptotarsus lukashevichae, Leptotarsus macquarti, Leptotarsus martinsnetoi, Leptotarsus pereirai, Leptotarsus petrii, Leptotarsus ribeiroi, Leptotarsus velosoi
Type specimen: LU F-INS-63124/5, a wing. Its type locality is Jdeidet Bkassine, which is in a Barremian lacustrine sandstone in Lebanon.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Jdeidet Bkassine
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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