Cretaceous Diptera From Orapa, Botswana.

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1990

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Waters, Saskia

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An assemblage of Cretaceous, Diptera, recovered from the sediments of the Orapa Diamond mine, Botswana, is described. The fossil Diptera are placed In the following families: Tipulidae, Empididae, Hybotidae, Bibionidae, and possibly the Mycetophilidae, Rhagionidae and Anisopodidae. A new pulid species, Helius botswanensis (Tipulidae, subfamily Limoniinae), is described; it is the oldest representative of the subfamily. (Abbreviation abstract)

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A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF SClENCE, UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND, JOHANNESBURG, FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY.

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Diptera, Fossil., Paleontology -- Botswana -- Orapa., Paleontology -- Cretaceous.

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