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New genera and species of the minute snakeflies (Raphidioptera: Mesoraphidiidae: Nanoraphidiini) from the mid Cretaceous of Myanmar

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Liu, Xingyue, Lu, Xiumei, Zhang, Weiwei (2016): New genera and species of the minute snakeflies (Raphidioptera: Mesoraphidiidae: Nanoraphidiini) from the mid Cretaceous of Myanmar. Zootaxa 4103 (4): 301-324, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4103.4.1

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