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Palaeomedeterus manukyani

Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae

Taxonomy
Palaeomedeterus manukyani was named by Grichanov (2025) [Holotype male: KAM, no. 4825a, one almost completely preserved male (with segments 2-5 of right hind tarsus missing) enclosed in a polished piece of yellow Baltic amber. Paratype: 1 female: KAM, no. 4825b, one partly damaged female (with fore and mid tarsi missing) in the same piece of Baltic amber.]. Its type specimen is KAM 4825a, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (Kaliningrad Amber Museum collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Palaeomedeterus manukyani Grichanov p. 5 figs. 1A-F

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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()
speciesmanukyani

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 manukyani Grichanov 2025
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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: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Palaeomedeterus manukyani (type locality: 192258)