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Plesiomedetera

Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae

Taxonomy

Plesiomedetera was named by Grichanov (2023). Its type is Medeterus mustela.

It was assigned to Medeterinae by Grichanov (2023).

Species

P. decora, P. elegantula, P. flammea, P. lasciva, P. lepida, P. mustela, P. vana

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2023	Plesiomedetera Grichanov p. S247

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Altocrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
superclass	Allotriocarida
—	Athalassocarida
—	Labiocarida	Schwentner et al. 2017
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
—	Cercofilata
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia

Rank	Name	Author
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Holometabola
—	Aparaglossata
—	Panorpida
superorder	Antliophora
order	Diptera
—	Neodiptera	Michelsen 1994
suborder	Brachycera	Zetterstedt 1842
—	Heterodactyla
—	Eremoneura
superfamily	Empidoidea	Latreille 1804
family	Dolichopodidae	Latreille 1809
subfamily	Medeterinae	Lioy 1864
genus	Plesiomedetera

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.

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

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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Russian Federation (Kaliningrad)	Medeterus elegantulus, Medeterus flammeus, Medeterus lascivus, Medeterus mustela, Chrysotus decorus (123927) Medeterus vanus, Chrysotus lepidus (124073) P. mustela, P. flammea (192258)