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Article: Eocene records of bee flies (Insecta, Diptera, Bombyliidae, Comptosia): their palaeobiogeographic implications and remarks on the evolutionary history of bombyliids

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 51
Part: 1
Publication Date: January 2008
Page(s): 231 – 240
Author(s): Sonja Wedmann and David K. Yeates
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WEDMANN, S., YEATES, D. K. 2008. Eocene records of bee flies (Insecta, Diptera, Bombyliidae, Comptosia): their palaeobiogeographic implications and remarks on the evolutionary history of bombyliids. Palaeontology, 51, 1, 231–240.

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