New fossil bee flies (Diptera: Bombylioidea) in the Lowermost Eocene amber of the Paris Basin

Geologica Acta

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-65

  Nel, A ^a   de Ploeg G ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Bombyliidae; Diptera; Eocene Amber; France; Insecta; n. gen. n. sp

Indexed keywords

AMBER; EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; INSECT; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; PARIS BASIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

BOMBYLIIDAE; DIPTERA; PARADOLICHOMYIA EOCENICA; PROPLATYPYGUS MATILEI;

EID: 2042545198     PISSN: 16956133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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