Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae
Alternative spelling: Paleomedeterus
Synonyms: Gheynia Meunier 1899, Gheynius Meunier 1899, Palaeochrysotus Meunier 1907, Sympycnites Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
Full reference: F. Meunier. 1895. Les Dolichopodidae de l'ambre tertiaire. Annales de la Société Scientifique de Bruxelles (Mémoires) 19:173-175
Parent taxon: Peloropeodinae according to I. Grichanov 2025
See also Bickel 2022, Carpenter 1992, Evenhuis 1994, Grichanov 2023, Grichanov and Negrobov 2018, Grimaldi and Cumming 1999, Meunier 1899, Meunier 1899, Meunier 1907 and Ulrich and Schmelz 2001
Sister taxon: Peloropeodes
Subtaxa: Palaeomedeterus bifurcatus Palaeomedeterus cambayensis Palaeomedeterus hirsutus Palaeomedeterus horridus Palaeomedeterus ignavus Palaeomedeterus languidus Palaeomedeterus lassatus Palaeomedeterus lentus Palaeomedeterus manukyani Palaeomedeterus meunieri Palaeomedeterus praeconcinnus Palaeomedeterus subignavus Palaeomedeterus sublentus Palaeomedeterus tertiarius
Type: Palaeomedeterus culiciformis
Distribution:
• Eocene of India (3 collections), the Russian Federation (6)
Total: 9 collections including 30 occurrences
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