TINY DIPTERA - CONTEMPORARIES OF THE DINOSAURS

Makarchenko E.A.

Природа 2022; (10): 3-12

The article is devoted to the discovery, biology, and ecology of unique Diptera insects only 2 mm in size. They were identified as a separate genus Nymphomyia of the family Nymphomyiidae. There are only nine species of this genus in the world fauna, which have survived almost unchanged to the present days from the Cretaceous period of the Tertiary Period, or even from the earlier times.

DOI 10.7868/S0032874X22100015

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