A Nemestrinid fly (Insecta: Diptera: Nemestrinidae: cf. Hirmoneura) from the Eocene Messel pit (Germany)

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1114-1117

  Wedmann, Sonja ^a  

^a Institute for Palaeontology   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; FLY; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LARVA; MORPHOLOGY; POLLINATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

DIPTERA; HIRMONEURA; INSECTA; NEMESTRINIDAE;

EID: 34948906741     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/pleo06-007.1     Document Type: Article

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