Palaeomedeterus meunieri Meuffels and Grootaert 1999 (long-legged fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae

Invalid subtaxa: Palaeomedeterus culiciforme Meunier 1899 [replaced name], Palaeomedeterus culiciformis Meunier 1899 [replaced name]

Full reference: H. J. G. Meuffels and P. Grootaert. 1999. New names in the family Dolichopodidae (Diptera). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique (Entomologie) 69:289-292

Belongs to Palaeomedeterus according to H. J. G. Meuffels and P. Grootaert 1999

See also Evenhuis 1994 and Meunier 1899

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

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection (Eocene of Russian Federation)

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