Microvelia polhemi, n. sp. (heteroptera: veliidae) from Dominican amber: The first fossil record of a phytotelmic water strider

Journal of the New York Entomological Society

Volumn 107, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 135-144

  Andersen, Nils Møller ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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