...SONJA WEDMANN 03 06 2006 The Paleontological Society 2007 The Nemestrinidae or tangle-veined flies are a small group of brachycerous flies with about 300 extant and fossil species ( Evenhuis, 1994 ). Many of them are large to medium-sized flies with a densely pilose body...

... preservation of chitin during the decay of shrimp : Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta , 59 . 945 – 951 . Bequaert , J.C. , 1930 , Notes on American Nemestrinidae : Psyche , 37 . 286 – 297 . Bierstedt , A. , Stankiewicz , B.A. , Briggs , D.E.G. , and Evershed , R.P. , 1997...

... ; Irvin et al. 1999 ), syrphid flies ( Ssymank and Gilbert 1993 ) and long-tongue flies (Diptera, Nemestrinidae) ( Manning and Goldblatt 1996 ). Fill a small vial with 10 ml of glycerin. Add 2–5 drops of Safranin O stock-stain and mix well, then cover and set aside ( Plate 7, figure 1...