Brachyceran Diptera in Cretaceous ambers and Mesozoic diversification of the Eremoneura

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Volumn , Issue 239, 1999, Pages 3-121

  Grimaldi, David ^b   Cumming, Jeffrey ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b NONE

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APALOCNEMIS; ASILOIDEA; BERIDINAE; BRACHYCERA; CHIROMYZINAE; DIPTERA; DOLICHOPODIDAE; EMPIDOIDEA; HILARIMORPHIDAE; LONCHOPTERIDAE; MICROPHORITES; MUSCOMORPHA; PACHYGASTRINAE; PLATYPEZIDAE; PLATYPEZOIDEA; SCENOPINIDAE; SCHIZOPHORA; SCIADOCERIDAE; VETUS;

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