Libanophlebotomus is a genus of fossil sand fly in the subfamily Phlebotominae.[2]
| 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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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 84535813.1101-1136&rft.date=1999&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:84535813#id-name=S2CID&rft_id=info:doi/10.1111/1475-4983.00112&rft_id=info:bibcode/1999Palgy..42.1101A&rft.aulast=Azar&rft.aufirst=D.&rft.au=Nel, A.&rft.au=Solignac, M.&rft.au=Paicheler, J.-C.&rft.au=Bouchet, F.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Libanophlebotomus" class="Z3988">