First extinct genus of a flea (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic

• Main Authors: Perrichot, Vincent, Beaucournu, Jean-Claude, Velten, Jürgen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2012
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Siphonaptera; Pulicidae; Antarctic; Carrasco; Lopez; Rothschild; Wunderlich; Antarc*; ren; Siberia
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.208922; https://zenodo.org/record/208922

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