Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae
Full reference: I. Grichanov. 2025. A review of the genus Palaeomedeterus Meunier, 1895 from Eocene Baltic amber with the description of three new species (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Palaeontologia Electronica 28(3):a41
Belongs to Palaeomedeterus according to I. Grichanov 2025
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 tertiarius
Type specimen: KAM 5025, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (Kaliningrad Amber Museum collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (Kaliningrad Amber Museum collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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