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Article: New fossil mantidflies (Insecta: Neuroptera: Mantispidae) from the Mesozoic of north-eastern China

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 56
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2013
Page(s): 603 – 613
Author(s): James E. Jepson, Sam W. Heads, Vladimir N. Makarkin and Dong Ren
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JEPSON, J. E., HEADS, S. W., MAKARKIN, V. N., REN, D. 2013. New fossil mantidflies (Insecta: Neuroptera: Mantispidae) from the Mesozoic of north-eastern China. Palaeontology, 56, 3, 603–613.

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