Palaeomedeterus tertiarius Meunier 1907 (long-legged fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae

Alternative combination: Diaphorus tertiarius

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 Evenhuis 1994, Grichanov 2023, Meunier 1907, Meunier 1908 and Meunier 1908

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection

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