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Diverse Orthorrhaphan Flies (Insecta: Diptera: Brachycera) In Amber From The Cretaceous Of Myanmar: Brachycera In Cretaceous Amber, Part Vii David A. Grimaldi

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Grimaldi, David A. (2016): Diverse Orthorrhaphan Flies (Insecta: Diptera: Brachycera) In Amber From The Cretaceous Of Myanmar: Brachycera In Cretaceous Amber, Part Vii David A. Grimaldi. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2016 (408): 1-132, DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090-408.1.1, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1206/0003-0090-408.1.1

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