Middle Jurassic Praeaulacidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Evanioidea) of Inner Mongolia and Kazakhstan

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 463-487

  Zhang, Haichun ^a   Rasnitsyn, Alexandr P ^b,c  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Daohugou; Insecta; Karatau; Middle Jurassic; New taxa; Praeaulacidae

Indexed keywords

INSECT; JURASSIC; NEW SPECIES; NEW TAXON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KAZAKHSTAN; NEI MONGGOL; WEST ASIA;

EVANIOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; PRAEAULACIDAE;

EID: 56149125307     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1477201907002428     Document Type: Article

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