Biology:Libanophlebotomus

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Short description: Extinct genus of flies

Libanophlebotomus
Temporal range: 130–125.45 Ma[1]
Lower Cretaceous
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Superfamily: Psychodoidea
Family: Psychodidae
Subfamily: Phlebotominae
Genus: Libanophlebotomus
Azar, Nel, Solignac, Paicheler & Bouchet, 1999[2]
Type species
Libanophlebotomus lutfallahi
Azar, Nel, Solignac, Paicheler & Bouchet, 1999[2]

Libanophlebotomus is a genus of fossil sand fly in the subfamily Phlebotominae.[2]

Fossils are only found in Lebanese amber, collected from Mdeyrij-Hammana, Casa Baabda in Lebanon (Azar collection)[1]

Species

  • Libanophlebotomus lutfallahi Azar, Nel, Solignac, Paicheler & Bouchet, 1999[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "†Libanophlebotomus Azar et al. 1999 (sand fly)". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=219016. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Azar, D.; Nel, A.; Solignac, M.; Paicheler, J.-C.; Bouchet, F. (1999). "New genera and species of psychodoid flies from the Lower Cretaceous amber of Lebanon". Palaeontology 42 (6): 1101–1136. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00112. 

Wikidata ☰ Q18113061 entry