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https://doi.org/10.5194/fr-24-339-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/fr-24-339-2021
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18 Oct 2021
Research article |  | 18 Oct 2021

The genus Allodia (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) in Miocene Ethiopian amber

Valentine Bouju, Simon Rosse-Guillevic, Marion Griffon, Błażej Bojarski, Jacek Szwedo, and Vincent Perrichot

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An extinct species of fly is described from 16–23-million-year-old amber of Ethiopia. It is the first fossil of the fly family Mycetophilidae discovered from Africa. This discovery informs the evolutionary history of Afrotropical fungus gnats.
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