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A new genus with two new species of mesosciophilids from the Middle Jurassic of China (Diptera: Nematocera: Mesosciophilidae)

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Shi, GuiFeng, Shih, ChungKun, Ren, Dong (2014): A new genus with two new species of mesosciophilids from the Middle Jurassic of China (Diptera: Nematocera: Mesosciophilidae). Journal of Natural History 49 (19): 1147-1158, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.951085

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