Author: Tanasijtshuk, V. N.
Title: Fauna SSSR. Dvukrylyye. Tom XIV, vyp. 7. Mukhi-Serebryanki (Chamaemyiidae).
Description: Leningrad, Nauka, 1986. 8vo. 335 pp.; 608 illustrations. Publisher's black cloth with yellow title on front board and spine. = A detailed and well-illustrated monograph with fine line drawings and photos of many new or poorly known species. The Chamaemyiidae or silver-flies "...are a small family of acalyptrate flies with less than 200 species described worldwide. The larvae of these small flies are active and predatory and are often used for biological control of aphids, scale insects, and similar pests. Chamaemyiid fossils are poorly represented in amber deposits, but a few examples are known from the Eocene epoch onwards" (Wikipedia). This is Fauna USSR series number 134. Unmarked. A near mint copy.

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