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The first Symphrasinae (Neuroptera: Mantispidae) from Cretaceous Charentese amber (France)
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- 1. Oxford University Museum of Natural History, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PW (United Kingdom) jouaultc0@gmail.com (corresponding author)
- 2. Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193 (China) and Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101 (China) xingyue_liu@yahoo.com
- 3. Géosciences Rennes (UMR 6118), Univ Rennes, CNRS, F-35000 Rennes (France) vincent.perrichot@univ-rennes.fr
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Jouault, Corentin, Liu, Xingyue, Perrichot, Vincent (2026): The first Symphrasinae (Neuroptera: Mantispidae) from Cretaceous Charentese amber (France). Geodiversitas 48 (2): 15-23, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2026v48a2
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