†Medetera totolapa Bickel 2016 (long-legged fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae
Full reference: D. J. Bickel. 2016. Taxonomic names, in The Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of Mexican amber. Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana 68:11-21
Belongs to Medetera according to D. J. Bickel 2016
Sister taxon: Medetera amissa
Type specimen: SMF Be 2511, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Rio Salado, Totolapa, Mexican amber (SMF coll.), which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Rio Salado, Totolapa, Mexican amber (SMF coll.)
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