New fossil biting midge from the Lower Cretaceous amber of Lebanon (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Abstract A new species of the fossil genus Minyohelea (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the lower Barremian (Lower Cretaceous) Lebanese amber is studied. The new species Minyohelea nexuosa sp. nov. is described, illustrated, and its unusual male genitalia is compared with those of the other fossil representatives of this extinct genus.