Palaeomedeterus horridus Meunier 1907 (long-legged fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae

Alternative combination: Palaeochrysotus horridus

Synonym: Sympycnites primaevus Grimaldi and Cumming 1999

Full reference: F. Meunier. 1907. Monographie des Dolichopodidae de l’ambre de la Baltique, Part 2. Le Naturaliste, 2e Série 29:209-211

Belongs to Palaeomedeterus according to I. Grichanov 2025

See also Bickel 2022, Evenhuis 1994, Grichanov 2023, Grichanov and Negrobov 2018, Grimaldi and Cumming 1999, Meunier 1907, Meunier 1907 and Meunier 1908

Sister taxa: Palaeomedeterus bifurcatus, Palaeomedeterus cambayensis, Palaeomedeterus hirsutus, Palaeomedeterus ignavus, Palaeomedeterus languidus, Palaeomedeterus lassatus, Palaeomedeterus lentus, Palaeomedeterus manukyani, Palaeomedeterus meunieri, Palaeomedeterus praeconcinnus, Palaeomedeterus subignavus, Palaeomedeterus sublentus, Palaeomedeterus tertiarius

Type specimens:

  • Palaeomedeterus horridus: Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation
  • Sympycnites primaevus: AMNH L-AE133, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber (AMNH collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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