Subfamily Medeterinae Lioy 1864 (long-legged fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae

Parent taxon: Dolichopodidae according to I. Y. Grichanov 2023

See also Aldrich 1905, Bickel 2016, Bickel 2019, Bickel 2022, Grichanov et al. 2014 and Ngô-Muller et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Achalcinae, Anepsiomyia, Archichrysotus, Argyra debellata, Argyra debilis, Argyra deceptoria, Avenaphora, Chrysotus setosus, Condylostylus, Cretomicrophorus, Diaphorinae, Dolichopodinae, Electrochoreutes, Eodolichopoditinae, Gujaratmyia, Hydrophorinae, Hygroceleuthus titanus, Lyroneurus venustus, Medetera frauenfeldi, Medeterus, Microphorinae, Microphorites, Neurigoninae, Parathalassiinae, Peloropeodinae, Pristinmicrophor, Prosystenus, Rajpardia, Rhaphiinae, Sciapodinae, Sciara pusilla, Sympycninae, Systenus ciliatus, Thinophilus piraticus, Thrypticus sobrius, Xanthochlorinae

Subtaxa: Medetera Medeterites Palaeosystenus Plesiomedetera Salishomyia Systenites Systenus Thrypticini Thrypticus

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of Mexico (5 collections)

• Eocene of Belarus (1), France (1), India (2), Latvia (1), Lithuania (1), the Russian Federation (3), United States (1: Montana)

Total: 15 collections including 35 occurrences

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