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Libanopsis
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Libanopsis
Kirejtshuk, 2015
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- L. impexa
- L. limosa
- L. poinari (type)
- L. slipinskii
- L. straminea
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Libanopsis is a genus of extinct cryptic slime mold beetles in the family Sphindidae. It was described from fossils preserved in Lebanese amber.[1] Libanopsis lived in Lebanon in the Early Cretaceous.
- ^ Kirejtshuk, Alexander G.; Chetverikov, Philipp E.; Azar, Dany (2015). "Libanopsinae, new subfamily of the family Sphindidae (Coleoptera, Cucujoidea) from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber, with remarks on using confocal microscopy for the study of amber inclusions". Cretaceous Research. 52, Part B: 461–479. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2014.02.008.