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Published: 2010-10-14
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A new Mesozoic-aged rhagionemestriid fly (Diptera: Nemestrinoidea) from China

UMR CNRS 7205, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Entomologie CP 50 , 45 rue Buffon, F- 75005 Paris, France
Diptera China Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation Rhagionemestriidae

Abstract

Sinomusca mostovskii gen. et sp. n. (Diptera: Rhagionemestriidae) is described from the Yixian Formation, Liaoning Province, China. It is the second representative of this Mesozoic family with well preserved body structures. The rounded head with holoptic eyes and antennal structures of this fossil are similar to those of the Eremochaetidae.

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