A new Microphorites in the Lower Cretaceous amber of the Southwest of France (Diptera: Dolichopodidae, “Microphorinae”)

Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-29

  Nel, André ^a   Perrichot, Vincent ^b   Daugeron, Christophe ^c   Néraudeau, Didier ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; DIPTERA; DOLICHOPODIDAE; EMPIDOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; MICROPHORINAE; MICROPHORITES; MICROPHORITES DEPLOEGI;

EID: 2642526271     PISSN: 00379271     EISSN: 21686351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2004.10697401     Document Type: Article

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