Revision of the bizarre Mesozoic scorpionflies in the Pseudopolycentropodidae (Mecopteroidea)

Insect Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 443-458

  Grimaldi, David ^a   Junfeng, Zhang ^b   Fraser, Nicholas C ^d   Rasnitsyn, Alexandr ^c  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^c PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MECOPTERA; TERMINALIA;

EID: 29344464385     PISSN: 1399560X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/187631205794761021     Document Type: Article

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