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Medeterinae

Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Medeterinae Lioy
1905Medeterinae Aldrich p. 295
2014Medeterinae Grichanov et al.
2016Medeterinae Bickel p. 14
2019Medeterinae Bickel p. 31
2020Medeterinae Ngô-Muller et al. p. 174
2022Medeterinae Bickel p. 479
2023Medeterinae Grichanov p. S247

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
—Heterodactyla
—Eremoneura
superfamilyEmpidoideaLatreille 1804
familyDolichopodidaeLatreille 1809
subfamilyMedeterinaeLioy 1864
subfamilyMedeterinaeLioy 1864

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Medeterinae Lioy 1864
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G. Medetera Fischer von Waldheim 1819
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†Medetera amissa Bickel 2016
†Medetera totolapa Bickel 2016
G. †Medeterites Grichanov 2010
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†Medeterites atterraneus Nazarau 1994
†Medeterites gestuosus Meunier 1907
†Medeterites gulosus Meunier 1907
†Medeterites latipennis Meunier 1907
†Medeterites molestus Meunier 1907
G. †Palaeosystenus Grichanov et al. 2014
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†Palaeosystenus succinorum Meunier 1907
G. †Plesiomedetera Grichanov 2023
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†Plesiomedetera decora Meunier 1907
†Plesiomedetera elegantula Meunier 1907
†Plesiomedetera flammea Meunier 1907
†Plesiomedetera lasciva Meunier 1907
†Plesiomedetera lepida Meunier 1907
†Plesiomedetera mustela Meunier 1907
†Plesiomedetera vana Meunier 1907
G. †Salishomyia Bickel 2019
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†Salishomyia eocenica Bickel 2019
G. †Systenites Grichanov et al. 2014
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†Systenites argutus Meunier 1907
†Systenites inclytus Meunier 1907
†Systenites splendidus Meunier 1907
G. Systenus Loew 1857
Tr. Thrypticini Negrobov 1986
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G. †Paleothrypticus Ngô-Muller et al. 2020
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†Paleothrypticus eocenicus Ngô-Muller et al. 2020
G. Thrypticus Gerstacker 1864
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 56.00000 to 15.98000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07India (Gujarat) Medeterinae indet. (124463)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Oise) Paleothrypticus eocenicus (123850)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Montana) Salishomyia eocenica (135666)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71India (Gujarat) Medeterinae indet. (228739)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Lithuania Systenites inclytus, Palaeosystenus succinorum (113470)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Latvia Medeterites molestus (173420)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Belarus Anepsiomyia atterraneus (173158)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Plesiomedetera mustela, Plesiomedetera flammea, Medeterites atterraneus (192258) Porphyrops succinorum, Porphyrops inclytus, Porphyrops argutus, Achalcus latipennis, Thrypticus molestus, Thrypticus gestuosus, Thrypticus gulosus, Medeterus elegantulus, Medeterus flammeus, Medeterus lascivus, Medeterus mustela, Chrysotus decorus (123927) Xiphandrium splendidum, Porphyrops succinorum, Thrypticus molestus, Thrypticus gestuosus, Medeterus vanus, Chrysotus lepidus (124073)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico Medetera sp. (21977)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico (Chiapas) Medetera amissa (140312) Medetera sp. (140208 178483) Medetera totolapa (178482)