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Contributions to the study of fossil snipe flies (Diptera: Rhagionidae): The genus Protorhagio

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Three new species of the snipe fly genus Protorhagio, viz. P. karataviensis sp. nov., P. ponomarenkoi sp. nov., and P. ruptus sp. nov., are described from the Middle-Upper Jurassic Karabastau Formation in Kazakhstan. The type species of the genus, P. capitatus, is redescribed. A key is provided to all known species of Protorhagio.

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  1. Natal Museum, Private Bag 9070, Pietermaritzburg, 3200, South Africa

    M. B. Mostovski

  2. School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, P. Bag X01, Scottsville, 3209, South Africa

    M. B. Mostovski

  3. Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 123 Profsoyuznaya Str., Moscow, 117997, Russia

    M. B. Mostovski

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Original Russian Text © M.B. Mostovski, 2008, published in Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 2008, No. 1, pp. 78–83.

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Mostovski, M.B. Contributions to the study of fossil snipe flies (Diptera: Rhagionidae): The genus Protorhagio. Paleontol. J. 42, 75–80 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030108010127

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