Libanophlebotomus
| Libanophlebotomus Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous
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Scientific classification 
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| 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]
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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
[edit]- †Libanophlebotomus lutfallahi Azar, Nel, Solignac, Paicheler & Bouchet, 1999[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "†Libanophlebotomus Azar et al. 1999 (sand fly)". Fossilworks.
- ^ a b c d 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. Bibcode:1999Palgy..42.1101A. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00112. S2CID 84535813.