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Issue: Vol. 5351 No. 5: 29 Sept. 2023
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2023-09-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.5.8
Page range: 595-600
Abstract views: 171
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Redescription of Plecia borussica Meunier, 1907 from Baltic amber (Diptera, Bibionidae)

NLA University College Bergen; P.O. Boks 74 Sandviken; N-5812 Bergen; Norway
Department of Animal Evolution and Biodiversity; Georg August University; Untere Karspüle 2; 37073 Göttingen; Germany
Geoscience Museum; Georg August University; Goldschmidtstraße 3; 37077 Göttingen; Germany
Diptera Plecia borussica Bibionidae

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