Robber flies in cretaceous ambers (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae)

American Museum Novitates

Volumn , Issue 3799, 2014, Pages

  Dikow, Torsten ^a   Grimaldi, David A ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84898978720     PISSN: 00030082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/3799.1     Document Type: Article

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