A new genus of Mantispidae (Insecta: Neuroptera) from the Eocene of Germany, with a review of the fossil record and palaeobiogeography of the family

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 701-716

  Wedmann, Sonja ^a   Makarkin, Vladimir N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY AND SOIL SCIENCE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Messel Pit; Symphrasinae

Indexed keywords

INSECTA; MANTISPIDAE; NEUROPTERA;

EID: 34147104554     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00273.x     Document Type: Article

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