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Two new species of Mesoplecia (Insecta: Diptera: Protopleciidae) from the late Middle Jurassic of China

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Lin, Xiuqin, Shih, Chungkun, Ren, Dong (2014): Two new species of Mesoplecia (Insecta: Diptera: Protopleciidae) from the late Middle Jurassic of China. Zootaxa 3838 (5): 545-556, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3838.5.3

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