Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae
Alternative combination: Achalcus latipennis
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 Medeterites according to I. Y. Grichanov 2025
See also Grichanov 2023, Meunier 1907, Meunier 1907 and Meunier 1908
Sister taxa: Medeterites atterraneus, Medeterites gestuosus, Medeterites gulosus, Medeterites molestus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg 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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