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Palaeomedeterus lassatus

Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae

Taxonomy
Palaeochrysotus lassatus was named by Meunier (1908). It is an inclusion in amber.

It was recombined as Palaeomedeterus lassatus by Evenhuis (1994), Grichanov and Negrobov (2018), Grichanov (2023), Grichanov (2025).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Palaeochrysotus fessus Meunier p. 210
1908Palaeochrysotus fessus Meunier p. 7 figs. 76, 77
1908Palaeochrysotus lassatus Meunier p. 8 figs. 78-80
1908Palaeochrysotus fessus Meunier p. 55 figs. 76, 77
1908Palaeochrysotus lassatus Meunier p. 55 figs. 78-80
1994Palaeomedeterus fessus Evenhuis p. 366
1994Palaeomedeterus lassatus Evenhuis p. 366
2018Palaeomedeterus fessus Grichanov and Negrobov p. 97
2018Palaeomedeterus lassatus Grichanov and Negrobov p. 98 figs. 9-15
2023Palaeomedeterus fessus Grichanov p. S256
2023Palaeomedeterus lassatus Grichanov p. S257
2025Palaeomedeterus lassatus Grichanov p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—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
subfamilyPeloropeodinaeRobinson 1970
genusPalaeomedeterus()
specieslassatus()

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.

†Palaeomedeterus lassatus Meunier 1908
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Invalid names: Palaeochrysotus fessus Meunier 1907 [synonym]
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: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Palaeochrysotus fessus, Palaeochrysotus lassatus (123927 124073) Palaeomedeterus lassatus (124849)